Hello all, I am brand new to scripting and need a bit of help on a starter script I am writing.

The point of the script is to pull out select information from different lines in a file (based off of current date), and print them out. Right now my output reads like:

Group:   BRIAN BRIANWIL
Allotted: 13 10
Booked:   8 0
Cancelled: 1 0

Group           Allotted            Booked          Cancelled
BRIAN             13                    8                    1
BRIANWIL          10                    0                    0

#!/bin/sh
echo "Enter today's date (Ex. 07/26/2006)"
read date

group=`dbclist bdwwblok.txt:bdw|grep $date| cut -c 1-8`
n=`dbclist bdwwblok.txt:bdw|grep $date| cut -c 33-34`
m=`dbclist bdwwblok.txt:bdw|grep $date| cut -c 37-38`
o=`dbclist bdwwblok.txt:bdw|grep $date| cut -c 47-48`

echo "Group:  "    $group
echo "Allotted:" $n
echo "Booked:  " $m
echo "Cancelled:"$o

BRIAN   24539431QN  07/26/2006  13   81  10    1    0

Nevermind, I got it to work how I wanted it to. The coding goes like this:

groupfix()
{
        file="wblok.txt"
        type="bdw"
        dir="/u/imag10.1/files/bdw/"
        echo "Today's date is:" `date`
        echo "Enter date needed: (ex. 07/26/2006)"
        read date
        output=`grep $date $dir$type$file | cut -c1-8,33-34,37-38,47-48 | wc -l`
        echo " "
        echo "$output groups in hotel today"
        echo "Group Information (Group Name, Allotments, Booked, Cancelled)"
        for i in $file
        do
                grep  $date $dir$type$file | cut -c1-8,33-34,37-38,47-48
        done
        return
}