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edited Dec 30, 2022 at 8:18

Create new file per line from txt file, avoid file name too long

I'm creating new file for every line of text in a .txt file

file=/tmp/textFile.txt
while IFS= read -r line
do
        printf "%s\n" "$line" > /tmp/"$line"txt
done < "$file"

I always get an error saying titlefile name too long, is there anyway to shorten the title for the new files to a certain number of characters?

I'm creating new file for every line of text in a .txt file

file=/tmp/textFile.txt
while IFS= read -r line
do
        printf "%s\n" "$line" > /tmp/"$line"txt
done < "$file"

I always get an error saying title too long, is there anyway to shorten the title for the new files to a certain number of characters?

I'm creating new file for every line of text in a .txt file

file=/tmp/textFile.txt
while IFS= read -r line
do
        printf "%s\n" "$line" > /tmp/"$line"txt
done < "$file"

I always get an error saying file name too long, is there anyway to shorten the title for the new files to a certain number of characters?

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asked Dec 30, 2022 at 6:15

I'm creating new file for every line of text in a .txt file

file=/tmp/textFile.txt
while IFS= read -r line
do
        printf "%s\n" "$line" > /tmp/"$line"txt
done < "$file"

I always get an error saying title too long, is there anyway to shorten the title for the new files to a certain number of characters?

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