I added a comment to show that the two fields were separated, and added the "ed" to the action verb (just because it sounds better that way).
Code:
> cat file74
2008-09-09 21:57:45 44 403 CUSTOM_EVENT Upgrade - end1
2008-09-09 21:57:46 45 403 CUSTOM_EVENT Component Check - start
2008-09-09 21:57:56 46 403 CUSTOM_EVENT Component Check - end
2008-09-09 21:57:56 47 403 CUSTOM_EVENT OSChecksum - start
2008-09-09 21:59:15 48 403 CUSTOM_EVENT OSChecksum - end
2008-09-09 21:59:15 49 403 CUSTOM_EVENT SELLogCheck - start
2008-09-09 22:01:39 50 403 CUSTOM_EVENT SELLogCheck - end
2008-09-09 22:01:40 51 403 CUSTOM_EVENT USB to Serial Connection Test - start
2008-09-09 22:43:46 52 403 CUSTOM_EVENT USB to Serial Connection Test - start
2008-09-09 22:44:15 53 403 CUSTOM_EVENT MemoryCheck - start
2008-09-09 22:44:16 54 403 CUSTOM_EVENT MemoryCheck - end
> cut -c65- file74 | awk '{FS="-"}{print $1" _which was_ "$2"ed"}'
Upgrade _which was_ -ed
Component Check _which was_ started
Component Check _which was_ ended
OSChecksum _which was_ started
OSChecksum _which was_ ended
SELLogCheck _which was_ started
SELLogCheck _which was_ ended
USB to Serial Connection Test _which was_ started
USB to Serial Connection Test _which was_ started
MemoryCheck _which was_ started
MemoryCheck _which was_ ended
