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Old 05-11-2013
To read timestamp from a line

I have a situation like, I have to read only the timestamp value from a line.
ex: Date and Time : 2013-05-11 12:12:34 MST

I cut the 'Date and Time' but unable to remove MST part.
I need a script to use in Datastage job.

can you guys help me with that

Thanks in advance

Last edited by Abhisrajput; 05-11-2013 at 05:42 PM..
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Old 05-11-2013
First of all, please don't hijack thread.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Abhisrajput
I cut the 'Date and Time' but unable to remove MST part.
Can you show us how you used cut?
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Old 05-12-2013
I got it Smilie
Code:
cut -c 16-35 filename


Last edited by Scott; 05-12-2013 at 01:58 PM.. Reason: Code tags
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