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# 1  
Old 01-22-2009
Script for data formatting

Hi

I have to convert the data in a file

*******
01-20-09 11:14AM 60928 ABC Valuation-2009.xls
01-20-09 11:16AM 55808 DEF GHI Equation-2009.xls
01-20-09 11:02AM 52736 ABC DF Valuation-2009.xls
01-20-09 11:06AM 89600 THE Valuation.xls
*******

to
*********
01-20-09| ABC Valuation-2009.xls|
01-20-09| DEF GHI Equation-2009.xls|
01-20-09| ABC DF Valuation-2009.xls|
01-20-09| THE Valuation.xls|
*********

Can you give script to do this.

Thanks
# 2  
Old 01-22-2009
Code:
nawk -v OFS='|' '{$2=$3="";print $0 OFS}' myInputFile

# 3  
Old 01-23-2009
Hi,

Its making output to

01-20-09|DEF|GHI|Equation-2009.xls|

But I need in the format of

01-20-09| DEF GHI Equation-2009.xls|

Can you please give the script.

Thanks.
# 4  
Old 01-23-2009
just tweak it

Code:
awk '{printf("%s | %s %s|\n", $1,$4,$5); }' filename

Note: Only if the file has the same fixed no of fields.
# 5  
Old 01-23-2009
try this:

awk '{$2="";$3="|";print $0 $3}' inputfile
# 6  
Old 01-23-2009
Hi,

Its giving output as

01-20-09 | ABC Valuation-2009.xls|

Can you make it to

01-20-09|ABC Valuation-2009.xls|


Thanks.
# 7  
Old 01-27-2009
try this:

awk -v OFS='' '{$2="";$3="|";print $0 $3}' inputfileName
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