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Old 02-16-2009
Add new column in Text File
I have one text file which is result of bdf command that have 6 fields separated by space and I want to add one new column in the beginning which is the name of the server because I have to insert whole thing into oracle table consisting of 7 fields

THis is not a complete list but it looks like this

/dev/vg00/lvol4 1048576 314096 728792 30 /
/dev/vg00/lvol1 1014648 65224 847952 7 /stand
/dev/vg00/lvol8 4194304 1466880 2707320 35 /var
/dev/vg3psw/lvol12 3145728 1221244 1804222 40 /var/mqm
/dev/vg00/lvol10 4194304 3749008 441888 89 /var/adm/sw
/dev/vg00/lvol9 4194304 16744 4144936 0 /var/adm/crash
/dev/vg00/lvol7 5242880 1871472 3345104 36 /usr
/dev/vg3psw/lvol1 4194304 3883768 308128 93 /usr/local
/dev/vg3psw/lvol7 10338304 8812630 1430332 86 /usr/local/vertex
/dev/vg3psw/lvol2 12738560 8080712 4622152 64 /usr/local/oracle
/dev/vg3psw/lvol9 5120000 1286387 3594077 26 /usr/local/g1_3.2_SE
/dev/vghome_old/lvol1 23552000 10375127 12353732 46 /usr/local/g1
/dev/vg3psw/lvol3 2097152 137104 1944800 7 /usr/local/dazel
/dev/vg3psw/lvol8 1228800 302520 919104 25 /usr/local/ccmi
/dev/vg3psw/lvol10 4096000 3714072 358119 91 /usr/local/TWS
/dev/vgapp/lvol5 2097152 16192 2072336 1 /tuxhome
/dev/vgapp02/lvol1 153616384 101215137 49155476 67 /tuxappl
/dev/vg00/lvol6 1540096 36224 1496576 2 /tmp
/dev/vgapp-io/lvol1 199155712 153646976 45332312 77 /tlgvar
/dev/vgapp/lvol4 20971520 2912 20804800 0 /tlg
/dev/vgapp/lvol2 65536000 1138720 63894248 2 /reports
/dev/vgmafg/lvol1 52396032 6968 51982472 0 /pvdev
/dev/vgapp/lvol6 204800 10712 192632 5 /p/sbms
/dev/vgapp/lvol7 102498304 48416456 53670568 47 /p/sbms/mps
/dev/vgdbcommon/lvol2 167755776 125249936 42183024 75 /oraexp
/dev/vg00/lvol5 4194304 3641336 548688 87 /opt
/dev/vg3psw/lvol11 3145728 527068 2455009 18 /opt/mqm
/dev/vg3psw/lvol5 1048576 388952 654520 37 /opt/iona



my table look like this
Server_Status

Name Null? Type
----------------------------------------- -------- ----------------------------
SERVER_ID NOT NULL NUMBER(6)
FS_LOCAL_NAME NOT NULL VARCHAR2(200)
LOCAL_MOUNT NOT NULL CHAR(1)
TOTAL_SPACE NOT NULL NUMBER(10)
USED_SPACE NUMBER(10)
SPACE_AVAILABLE NUMBER(10)
PERCENTAGE_USED NUMBER(3,2)

so in this case can anyone help me how can i add one column there first and insert into that table ( perl, Korn shell )

kornshell is better

thanks in advance
help plz
# 2  
Old 02-16-2009
Code:
SERVER_ID=654321
sed "s/\(.*\)/$SERVER_ID \1/" file

# 3  
Old 02-16-2009
Code:
echo '/dev/vg00/lvol4 1048576 314096 728792 30 /' | sed 's#^#myServerName #'

# 4  
Old 02-17-2009
thanks alot, it actually helped but what about that insert part. i posted everything my script and table structure
any help on that plz
thanks
# 5  
Old 02-17-2009
what "last" part? inserting into a database? need to know what database...
# 6  
Old 02-17-2009
FYI _______This is the one---------which I have posted before in the beginning

I have one text file which is result of bdf command that have 6 fields separated by space and I want to add one new column in the beginning which is the name of the server because I have to insert whole thing into oracle table consisting of 7 fields

THis is not a complete list but it looks like this

/dev/vg00/lvol4 1048576 314096 728792 30 /
/dev/vg00/lvol1 1014648 65224 847952 7 /stand
/dev/vg00/lvol8 4194304 1466880 2707320 35 /var
/dev/vg3psw/lvol12 3145728 1221244 1804222 40 /var/mqm
/dev/vg00/lvol10 4194304 3749008 441888 89 /var/adm/sw
/dev/vg00/lvol9 4194304 16744 4144936 0 /var/adm/crash
/dev/vg00/lvol7 5242880 1871472 3345104 36 /usr
/dev/vg3psw/lvol1 4194304 3883768 308128 93 /usr/local
/dev/vg3psw/lvol7 10338304 8812630 1430332 86 /usr/local/vertex
/dev/vg3psw/lvol2 12738560 8080712 4622152 64 /usr/local/oracle
/dev/vg3psw/lvol9 5120000 1286387 3594077 26 /usr/local/g1_3.2_SE
/dev/vghome_old/lvol1 23552000 10375127 12353732 46 /usr/local/g1
/dev/vg3psw/lvol3 2097152 137104 1944800 7 /usr/local/dazel
/dev/vg3psw/lvol8 1228800 302520 919104 25 /usr/local/ccmi
/dev/vg3psw/lvol10 4096000 3714072 358119 91 /usr/local/TWS
/dev/vgapp/lvol5 2097152 16192 2072336 1 /tuxhome
/dev/vgapp02/lvol1 153616384 101215137 49155476 67 /tuxappl
/dev/vg00/lvol6 1540096 36224 1496576 2 /tmp
/dev/vgapp-io/lvol1 199155712 153646976 45332312 77 /tlgvar
/dev/vgapp/lvol4 20971520 2912 20804800 0 /tlg
/dev/vgapp/lvol2 65536000 1138720 63894248 2 /reports
/dev/vgmafg/lvol1 52396032 6968 51982472 0 /pvdev
/dev/vgapp/lvol6 204800 10712 192632 5 /p/sbms
/dev/vgapp/lvol7 102498304 48416456 53670568 47 /p/sbms/mps
/dev/vgdbcommon/lvol2 167755776 125249936 42183024 75 /oraexp
/dev/vg00/lvol5 4194304 3641336 548688 87 /opt
/dev/vg3psw/lvol11 3145728 527068 2455009 18 /opt/mqm
/dev/vg3psw/lvol5 1048576 388952 654520 37 /opt/iona



my table look like this
Server_Status

Name Null? Type
----------------------------------------- -------- ----------------------------
SERVER_ID NOT NULL NUMBER(6)
FS_LOCAL_NAME NOT NULL VARCHAR2(200)
LOCAL_MOUNT NOT NULL CHAR(1)
TOTAL_SPACE NOT NULL NUMBER(10)
USED_SPACE NUMBER(10)
SPACE_AVAILABLE NUMBER(10)
PERCENTAGE_USED NUMBER(3,2)
# 7  
Old 02-17-2009
I got that. What do you mean by "last part"?

How are you going to do the insert into the database?
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