Quote:
Originally Posted by finalight
awk: syntax error near line 2
awk: bailing out near line 2
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Which post are you referring to?
This is what I get a the ksh prompt (represented by "$")....
Code:
$ cat file1
JADE TRADER 143W MYPEN 40 HC M X10 28 7 1 0
MYPEN 20 GP X X10 15 2 1 0
MYPEN 40 GP X X10 28 7 1 0
MYPEN 20 GP L X10 15 2 1 0
BUNGA TERATAI 3 5055 NZLYT 20 GP X X11 17 8 1 0
MOL SPLENDOR 0307A MUPLU 40 HC X X11 10 2 2 0
MUPLU 40 HC U X11 10 2 1 0
$ awk '{a=substr($0,1,40);print (a~"[^ ]"?p=a:p) substr($0,41)}' file1 > file2
$ cat file2
JADE TRADER 143W MYPEN 40 HC M X10 28 7 1 0
JADE TRADER 143W MYPEN 20 GP X X10 15 2 1 0
JADE TRADER 143W MYPEN 40 GP X X10 28 7 1 0
JADE TRADER 143W MYPEN 20 GP L X10 15 2 1 0
BUNGA TERATAI 3 5055 NZLYT 20 GP X X11 17 8 1 0
MOL SPLENDOR 0307A MUPLU 40 HC X X11 10 2 2 0
MOL SPLENDOR 0307A MUPLU 40 HC U X11 10 2 1 0
$
