#----- parse output file, get each field position, -----
#----- and construct command string                -----
LINE=`cat $temp_output_tasks | grep "\-\-"`
count=1
PreCHR="-"

while [ 1 ]
do
    CHR=`echo "$LINE" | cut -c$count`
    if [[ -z $CHR ]]
    then
      break
    fi

    if [ "$CHR" != "$PreCHR" ]
    then
      if [ "$CHR" != "-" ]
      then
        #--Find the end point of the field, write it to command--
        pos=$count
        (( pos -= 1 ))
        command=$command" | perl -pe'substr(\$_,$pos,1)=\"|\";'"
      fi
    fi
    PreCHR=$CHR
    (( count += 1 ))
done
#----- Now we have the positon of each field, run the command, ----
#----- and add "|" at the end of each field                    ----

command="grep ^sblp $temp_output_tasks"$command
eval $command > $outputs

#----- Remove white space ----
sed 's/ \{1,\}\|/\|/g' < $outputs > $temp_output_tasks
sed 's/|\ \{1,\}/\|/g' < $temp_output_tasks > $outputs

Siebel Enterprise Applications Siebel Server Manager, Version 7.8.2.3 [19221] LANG_INDEPENDENT 
Copyright (c) 2001 Siebel Systems, Inc.  All rights reserved.

This software is the property of Siebel Systems, Inc., 2207 Bridgepointe Parkway,
San Mateo, CA 94404.

User agrees that any use of this software is governed by: (1) the applicable
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has been entered into with Siebel Systems or its authorized distributors; and
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WARNING: THIS COMPUTER PROGRAM IS PROTECTED BY U.S. AND INTERNATIONAL LAW.
UNAUTHORIZED REPRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION OR USE OF THIS PROGRAM, OR ANY PORTION
OF IT, MAY RESULT IN SEVERE CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES, AND WILL BE
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Type "help" for list of commands, "help <topic>" for detailed help

Connected to 48 server(s) out of a total of 54 server(s) in the enterprise

srvrmgr> list tasks show SV_NAME TK_PID TK_START_TIME TK_PID TK_DISP_RUNSTATE TK_PID TK_END_TIME TK_PID TK_TASKID TK_PID TK_LABEL TK_PID TK_PID TK_PID CC_ALIAS

SV_NAME  TK_START_TIME        TK_DISP_RUNSTATE  TK_END_TIME          TK_TASKID  TK_LABEL       TK_PID  CC_ALIAS                
-------  -------------------  ----------------  -------------------  ---------  -------------  ------  ----------------------  
sblp001  2007-03-19 17:28:45  Completed         2007-03-19 17:28:45  152473                            eCommunicationsObjMgr_enu

sblp001|2007-03-19 17:20:49|Running||151115|anderst22@bp.|om  258|6   eCustomerCMEObjMgr_|nu

sblp001|2007-03-19 17:20:49|Running||151115|anderst22@bp.com |2586|  eCustomerCMEObjMgr_enu

#!/usr/bin/ksh

PATTERN=`grep "^--" <file> | sed -e "s/-  -/-\\\\\)  \\\\\(-/g" -e "s/^/\\\\\(/" -e "s/$/\\\\\)/" -e "s/-/\./g"`
grep "^sbl" <file> | sed -e "s/${PATTERN}/\1|\2|\3|\4|\5|\6|\7|\8/" -e "s/[ ]*|[ ]*/|/g"

#!/usr/bin/ksh

PATTERN1=`grep "^--" test | sed -e "s/-[ ][ ]*-/-\\\\\)[ ][ ]*\\\\\(-/g" -e "s/^/\\\\\(/" -e "s/$/\\\\\)/" -e "s/-/\./g"`

typeset -i FIELDS=`grep "^--" test | wc -w`

COUNT=1
while [ ${COUNT} -le ${FIELDS} ]
do
  PATTERN2="${PATTERN2}|\\${COUNT}"
  ((COUNT=${COUNT}+1))
done

PATTERN2=`echo "${PATTERN2}" | sed -e "s/^|//"`

grep "^sbl" test | sed -e "s/${PATTERN1}/${PATTERN2}/" -e "s/[ ]*|[ ]*/|/g"