Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi,

I need a ksh script for the below requirement:
i have a Delimited flat file with 200 records delimiter is '|~|'
i need a script to insert space at the end if the record is ending with delimiter '|~|'
if it didnt end with delimiter it should not append space.

Example: ram|~|2|~| ---space should be appended
shyam|~|2|~|4 ----space should not be appended

please help me with this i need the complete script.

Thank you!

Try:

Code:

awk '/\|~\|$/{$0=$0" "}1' file

Hi,

Can you please give me the script,because i didnt know how to read the flat file and rotate the loop for each and every record in the flat file

This will do all those things. Try running:

Code:

awk '/\|~\|$/{$0=$0" "}1' file > new_file

and then compare file and new_file.

Just to get the requirement right, are you looking to create a fixed width output file?

If you have the data you suggest:-

Code:

ram|~|2|~|
shylam|~|2|~|4

... then you could pass this through sed to add trailing space, but how much do you want? A single character perhaps or pad to a fixed length?


Hoping I can help,
Robin
Liverpool/Blackburn
UK

Hi,

I just want one single space if the records ends with a delimter.
if the record doesnt end with delimter nothing should be appended

Thanks!

Ha, I'm beaten to it with the awk

A very good answer. Does it make sense?



Robin