Re: Simple write to files-request for help

[Francesco Abbate <francesco.bbt@...>]

2011/12/29 chuck@allthehowards.com <chuck@allthehowards.com>:
> Anyone know how to write to 3 output files - see below.
>
> This writes to console window ok for the entire file, but
>
> I would like to write to three separate files.
>
>
>
> My Progress,
>
> here is my program - how do I open and print to 3 files, this does not work.
>
> io.open ("MAC.dat" , w)
> io.open ("IP1.dat" , w)
> io.open ("IP2.dat" , w)
>
> for s in io.lines("2011_12_02_sfccnetword20.txt") do
>
>     for a in s:gmatch("DHCP.-to MAC address (.-),") do print("MAC",a) end
>     for a in s:gmatch("DoS.-from ip.%[(.-)%]") do print("IP1",a) end
>     for a in s:gmatch("LAN.-%] from (.-):.- to") do print("IP2",a) end
> end

Hi,

I guess you should use io.write instead of print so that you can write
in the appropriate file. print always write into the stdout.

I recommend to study the Lua documentation about input/output.

Cheers,
Francesco