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07-25-2008
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Combine fields and eliminate white space
Good Morning,
Newbie here. Could someone help with shell scripting that will enable me to combine 2 fields into one eliminating the white space. The fields are fixed but the data of course varies. For example: First Name: "George " 20 positions" Last Name: "Washington " 30 positions" I need to create one field with First and Last Name eliminating the space after George into a fixed field length of 50. Result: Name: "George Washington " Appreciate any help. Thanks. |
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07-25-2008
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take a look at the following
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> > fname="George " > lname="Washington " > full=$(echo $fname $lname) > echo $full George Washington > echo "$full" "*" George Washington * > fullt=$(printf "%-50s" "$full") > echo "$fullt" "*" George Washington * > The printf commands was the key. Also be careful of use of " " around variables; using means extra space characters are kept while not using and the shell will truncate extra space characters. |
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07-25-2008
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Thankyou so much!!
Joey,
Your instructions were very clear and worked perfectly. You've made my day as I've been working on trying to figure this out for awhile. Have a Great Day! Toni |
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