Breaking up of a fixe width line in unix

rputtagunta · #1 (**permalink**) 12-15-2008

Hi,

I need some help with breaking up a given line based on 'fixed width' file.

Something like this:

After the breaking up, I need to have this output format...

First line should have the first 134 characters.
Starting from second line, I should have one line every 61 characters of the original line.

Please note that there is only ONE line in the inbound file.

so, lets say I have this line:

Code:

CICS           4                                                         7050                                                         1010     9D103670833                                         1010     9D7006406542

I should have this line broken up into this:

Code:

Line 1: CICS           4                                                         7050                                                         


Line 2: 1010     9D103670833                                         
Line 3: 1010     9D7006406542

I hope I am clear.

joeyg · #2 (**permalink**) 12-15-2008

Code:

> cat file114
CICS           4                                                         7050                                                         1010     9D103670833                                         1010     9D7006406542
CICS           5                                                         7050                                                         1010     9D103670833                                         1010     9D7006406542
> awk '{print substr($0,1,134)"\n"substr($0,135,61)"\n"substr($0,196,61)}' file114
CICS           4                                                         7050                                                         
1010     9D103670833                                         
1010     9D7006406542
CICS           5                                                         7050                                                         
1010     9D103670833                                         
1010     9D7006406542

rputtagunta · #3 (**permalink**) 12-15-2008

Joey...

Thank you, this is pretty much what I was looking for. Appreciate your help.

Rahul.

rputtagunta · #4 (**permalink**) 12-16-2008

Joey/anybody,

Is there anyway to generically add this to do this indefinitely? because, you are taking 61 character from 135 and 196 columns...how do I write this for the size of the line I wouldn't know about?

Rahul.

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