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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Fill the Key fields : Please help us Post 302180379 by charandevu on Monday 31st of March 2008 02:07:29 AM
Old 03-31-2008
hi era

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Originally Posted by era
Write an awk script which remembers the fields from the previous line, and adds as many to the front as are missing to form a full line. Assume the first line indicates how many fields a full line should have. Read up on array handling in the awk documentation.
I am new to this awk command ...........can you give a sample code on this requirment....that would be a helpful.....

Thanks your response
charan
 

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cdk_position(3) 					     Library Functions Manual						   cdk_position(3)

NAME
cdk_position - curses widget positioning key-bindings SYNOPSIS
Position methods for the Cdk widgets allow the user to move the widget around the screen via the cursor/keypad keys. DESCRIPTION
The following key bindings can be used to move the widget around the screen. +---------------------------------------------------------------+ |Key Action | +---------------------------------------------------------------+ |Up Arrow Moves the widget up one row. | |Down Arrow Moves the widget down one row. | |Left Arrow Moves the widget left one column | |Right Arrow Moves the widget right one column | |1 Moves the widget down one row and left one | | column. | |2 Moves the widget down one row. | |3 Moves the widget down one row and right one | | column. | |4 Moves the widget left one column | |5 Centers the widget both vertically and hori- | | zontally. | |6 Moves the widget right one column | |7 Moves the widget up one row and left one | | column. | |8 Moves the widget up one row. | |9 Moves the widget up one row and right one | | column. | |t Moves the widget to the top of the screen. | |b Moves the widget to the bottom of the | | screen. | |l Moves the widget to the left of the screen. | |r Moves the widget to the right of the screen. | |c Centers the widget between the left and | | right of the window. | |C Centers the widget between the top and bot- | | tom of the window. | |Escape Returns the widget to its original position. | |Return Exits the function and leaves the wid- | | getwhere it was. | +---------------------------------------------------------------+ +---------------------------------------------------------------+ The numbers 0-9 are chosen to correspond to the numeric keypad on your terminal. Cdk does not handle the application mode keypad control sequences, since those are not defined via terminfo. To use the numeric keypad you should ensure that it is in normal (or NumLock) mode. SEE ALSO
cdk(3), cdk_binding(3), cdk_display(3), cdk_screen(3) cdk_position(3)
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