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Old 07-10-2007
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Inserting a delimiter after certain charater position
Hi,
I have a string : -
ICFFHASMTAAMPFINCL22082006000002548789632
and i want to add delimiter after certain charater position through a script, eg. ICFFH,ASMTAAMPF,INCL,22082006,000002548789632.

I have tried and am able to achieve it through cut-paste. But i don't want to use cut paste as it is taking up a lot of space.

Can you please suggest any another way to do this?
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"taking up a lot of space"? I don't know what that is supposed to mean, but here is a very fast technique....
Code:
#! /usr/bin/ksh

string="ICFFHASMTAAMPFINCL22082006000002548789632"
echo "$string"

rest=${string#?????}
piece1=${string%$rest}
string=$rest

rest=${string#?????????}
piece2=${string%$rest}
string=$rest

rest=${string#????}
piece3=${string%$rest}
string=$rest

piece5=${string#????????}
piece4=${string%$piece5}

string2="${piece1},${piece2},${piece3},${piece4},${piece5}"

echo $string2
exit 0
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See similar http://www.unix.com/shell-programmin...-a-record.html
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Thanks a lot. It works!!!
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Hello:
so what are the hash and the question marks for in :

Code:
rest=${string#?????}
piece1=${string%$rest}
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Originally Posted by aladdin View Post
Hello:
so what are the hash and the question marks for in :

Code:
rest=${string#?????}
piece1=${string%$rest}
${string#substring} Strips shortest match of $substring from front of $string.
? Matches single character
rest=${string#?????} Removes the first five characters
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THX alot anbu23
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