07-07-2007
update on Ghostdog usage
thanks for your help.
some of the problems i was having was removing the B from the DOB line. along with the B from the Phone nums.
HOME# cat user2.txt
PT: DARRELL SMITH
PTDOB: 12/15/98
RP: DARRELL SMITH SR
PTSSN: 558-55-1234
RPSSN: 554-55-1234
HMNUM: 213-555-1234B
RPNUM: 213-555-1234
POENUM: 213-555-1234B
HMADDY: 123 A yourstreet Los Angeles CA 90504
POENAME:
POEADDY:
CLIENT: TMC
DOS: 05/07/05
After trying many diff things i changed ghostdog's example and viola
awk '//{gsub(/B$/,"")}{print}' user2.txt
and now th results are in
HOME# awk '//{gsub(/B$/,"")}{print}' user2.txt
PT: DARRELL SMITH
PTDOB: 12/15/98
RP: DARRELL SMITH SR
PTSSN: 558-55-1234
RPSSN: 554-55-1234
HMNUM: 213-555-1234
RPNUM: 213-555-1234
POENUM: 213-555-1234
HMADDY: 123 A yourstreet Los Angeles CA 90504
POENAME:
POEADDY:
CLIENT: TMC
DOS: 05/07/05
HOME#
Thanks GDog
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NAME
Template::Plugin::Datafile - Plugin to construct records from a simple data file
SYNOPSIS
[% USE mydata = datafile('/path/to/datafile') %]
[% USE mydata = datafile('/path/to/datafile', delim = '|') %]
[% FOREACH record = mydata %]
[% record.this %] [% record.that %]
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DESCRIPTION
This plugin provides a simple facility to construct a list of hash references, each of which represents a data record of known structure,
from a data file.
[% USE datafile(filename) %]
A absolute filename must be specified (for this initial implementation at least - in a future version it might also use the
"INCLUDE_PATH"). An optional "delim" parameter may also be provided to specify an alternate delimiter character.
[% USE userlist = datafile('/path/to/file/users') %]
[% USE things = datafile('items', delim = '|') %]
The format of the file is intentionally simple. The first line defines the field names, delimited by colons with optional surrounding
whitespace. Subsequent lines then defines records containing data items, also delimited by colons. e.g.
id : name : email : tel
abw : Andy Wardley : abw@tt2.org : 555-1234
sam : Simon Matthews : sam@tt2.org : 555-9876
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plugin returns a blessed list reference containing the hash references in the order as defined in the file.
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[% user.id %]: [% user.name %]
[% END %]
The first line of the file must contain the field definitions. After the first line, blank lines will be ignored, along with comment line
which start with a '"#"'.
BUGS
Should handle file names relative to "INCLUDE_PATH". Doesn't permit use of '":"' in a field. Some escaping mechanism is required.
AUTHOR
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COPYRIGHT
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