Shell Programming and Scripting

T_NAME|P_NAME|P_CODE|DOCUMENT_PATH|REG_DATE

T_NAME<tab>[T_NAME]
P_NAME<tab>[P_NAME]
P_CODE<tab>[P_CODE]
PATH<tab>[DOCUMENT_PATH]
DATE<tab>[REG_DATE]
<empty line>

while read line
do
T_NAME=`echo $line| cut -d "|" -f1` 
P_NAME=`echo $line| cut -d "|" -f2` 
P_CODE=`echo $line| cut -d "|" -f3` 
PATH=`echo $line| cut -d "|" -f4` 
DATE=`echo $line| cut -d "|" -f5` 
 
echo "T_NAME\t$T_NAME" >> $target_file
echo "P_NAME\t$P_NAME" >> $target_file
echo "P_CODE\t$P_CODE" >> $target_file
echo "PATH\t$PATH" >> $target_file
echo "DATE\t$DATE" >> $target_file
echo " " >> $target_file
 
done <$source_file

SPARK|CYBER_DEF|XRS001|abcabc\\nababa\\tc|2012-09-09 12:34:54.005

T_NAME<tab>SPARK
ababa<tab>c
P_NAME<tab>CYBER_DEF
2012-09-09 12:34:54.005
P_CODE<tab>XRS001
PATH<tab>abcabc
DATE

x="abc|def|ghi|jkl"
echo "${x%%|*}"
echo "${x#*|}"
y="${x#*|}"
x="${x#${y}|}"
echo "${x%%|*}"
echo "${x#*|}"

command1 > "$file"
command2 >> "$file"
command3 >> "$file"
...etc.

exec 3> "$file"     # file descriptor 3 to write into $file
# exec 3>> "$file"    # alternatively open it in append mode

print -u3 - "first line"        # -u3 is FD 3
print -u3 - "second line"
print -u3 - "third line"

exec 3>&-                 # close FD 3

lem@biggy:/tmp$ while IFS="|" read -r T_NAME P_NAME P_CODE _PATH _DATE; do
cat <<END >>outfile
T_NAME  $T_NAME
P_NAME  $P_NAME
P_CODE  $P_CODE
PATH    $_PATH 
DATE    $_DATE

END
    done <infile
lem@biggy:/tmp$ cat outfile
T_NAME  SPARK
P_NAME  CYBER_DEF
P_CODE  XRS001
PATH    abcabc\\nababa\\tc
DATE    2012-09-09 12:34:54.005

lem@biggy:/tmp$

lem@biggy:/tmp$ while IFS="|" read T_NAME P_NAME P_CODE _PATH _DATE; do
cat <<END >>outfile
T_NAME  $T_NAME
P_NAME  $P_NAME
P_CODE  $P_CODE
PATH    $_PATH
DATE    $_DATE

END
     done <infile
lem@biggy:/tmp$ cat outfile
T_NAME  SPARK
P_NAME  CYBER_DEF
P_CODE  XRS001
PATH    abcabc\nababa\tc
DATE    2012-09-09 12:34:54.005

lem@biggy:/tmp$

x="abc|def|ghi|jkl"
echo "${x%%|*}"
echo "${x#*|}"
y="${x#*|}"
x="${x#${y}|}"
echo "${x%%|*}"
echo "${x#*|}"

abc|def|ghi|jkl

abc|def|ghi|jkl