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print a file with one column having fixed character length
Hi guys,
I have tried to find a solution for this problem but couln't. If anyone of you have an Idea do help me. INPUT_FILE with three columns shown to be separated by - sign A5BNK723NVI - 1 - 294 A7QZM0VIT - 251 - 537 A7NU3411V - 245 - 527 I want an output file in which First column should have only fixed no. of characters say 7 or whatever no. I need and rest of the columns should be the same. OUTPUT_FILE A5BNK72 - 1 - 294 A7QZM0V - 251 - 537 A7NU341 - 245 - 527 Your help is highly appreciated.  |
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With sed: Code:
sed 's/\(.......\).*\( -.*-.*\)/\1\2/' file |
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