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Old 07-07-2011
convert # delimited text file to fixed width
Hello gurus,
I have a file containing 5 columns delimited by '#' as shown in the example below:
Code:
HRP1000-PLVAR#HRP1000-OTYPE#HRP1000-OBJID#HRP1000-BEGDA#HRP1000-ENDDA#
99991231#AU7129#000000000#1 PROCTER & GAMBLE#
99991231#TT4283#1000013883#21111 LAUNDRY#
99991231#TT4283#1000013884#21121 DISH CARE#

The first row contains the the header, which I would like to remove in the final output, which should look like below:

Code:
99991231 AU7129 000000000  1        PROCTER & GAMBLE
99991231 TT4283 1000013883 21111 LAUNDRY
99991231 TT4283 1000013884 21121 DISH CARE

Field lengths should be as follows:
Column 1 = 8 (1-8)
Column 2 = 6 (10-15)
Column 3 = 10 (17-26)
Column 4 = 5 (28-32)
Column 5 = 30 (34-63)

Any help on a code to perform this conversion will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!
Last edited by Franklin52; 07-07-2011 at 03:15 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags for code and data samples, thank you
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Old 07-07-2011
https://www.unix.com/unix-dummies-que...xed-width.html

use one more \t in the awk command
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Old 07-07-2011
I am not sure I understand where the \t needs to be placed in the command. Assuming the file name is current.txt, how do I need to update the code:
$ nawk -F"\#" '{ if(NR>1) {for(i=1;i<=NF;i++){printf("%s\t",$i); if(i==NF){printf("\n")}}}}' test
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Old 07-07-2011
Try to understand the code and starts to learn from basics.

So, that you can write the command by yourself.

Code:
 
$ nawk -F"\#" '{ if(NR>1) {for(i=1;i<=NF;i++){printf("%s\t\t",$i); if(i==NF){printf("\n")}}}}' current.txt

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