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08-14-2007
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*** Truncate certain field ***
I have a file in which I need to truncate 15th field to have only one character
like Put --> P and if i have no value in 15th field, it should be "O" (Other) would really appreciate the reponses, thnx in advance  
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08-14-2007
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Here is a pointer .
It would be better if you could post a sample input and output if this is not what you are looking for Code:
cat 3 start|end|first another||quick Code:
awk -F"|" 'BEGIN{OFS="|"} { if ( length($2) ) { $2 = substr($2, 0, 1) } else { $2 = "O" } print }' 3
start|e|first
another|O|quick
Last edited by matrixmadhan; 08-14-2007 at 10:51 AM. Reason: better output
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