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# 8  
Old 05-18-2011
Code:
man xargs

Also condsider the following example :

Code:
# echo "A\nBBB CCC DDDD\nEE FFFF\nGGG HHH II"
A
BBB CCC DDDD
EE FFFF
GGG HHH II
# echo "A\nBBB CCC DDDD\nEE FFFF\nGGG HHH II" | xargs
A BBB CCC DDDD EE FFFF GGG HHH II
# echo "A\nBBB CCC DDDD\nEE FFFF\nGGG HHH II" | xargs -n2
A BBB
CCC DDDD
EE FFFF
GGG HHH
II
# echo "A\nBBB CCC DDDD\nEE FFFF\nGGG HHH II" | xargs -n3
A BBB CCC
DDDD EE FFFF
GGG HHH II
# echo "A\nBBB CCC DDDD\nEE FFFF\nGGG HHH II" | xargs -n4
A BBB CCC DDDD
EE FFFF GGG HHH
II
# echo "A\nBBB CCC DDDD\nEE FFFF\nGGG HHH II" | xargs -n5
A BBB CCC DDDD EE
FFFF GGG HHH II
# echo "A\nBBB CCC DDDD\nEE FFFF\nGGG HHH II" | xargs -i echo :{}:
:A:
:BBB CCC DDDD:
:EE FFFF:
:GGG HHH II:
#

---------- Post updated at 01:17 PM ---------- Previous update was at 01:15 PM ----------

In your case you dont even need xargs since it looks like paste can handle the wildcard in a way we expect :

Code:
paste -sd " " PMT_GGSN_WPP_APN-20110517*

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rob171171
# 9  
Old 05-18-2011
great Thanks again for your help!

---------- Post updated at 06:33 AM ---------- Previous update was at 06:21 AM ----------

strange

when I run
Code:
 paste -sd " "  PMT_GGSN_WPP_APN-$DATE*

from cmd line it runs fine
when i run via script it doesnt contain same format at all!!!

something to do with the redirect !!!
Code:
paste -sd " "  PMT_GGSN_WPP_APN-20110517*  > outfile

running SunOS alps 5.10 Generic_125100-05 sun4v sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-T200
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