04-29-2008
Help with Fixed width File Parsing
I am trying to parse a Fixed width file with data as below. I am trying to assign column values from each record to variables. When I parse the data, the spaces in all coumns are dropped. I would like to retain the spaces as part of the dat stored in the variables. Any help is appreciated.
I would like to redirect this data into a csv file like below for each record
2,6138023380020080422120104828,60061395297943,0000006824, ,C, , ,POS .......etc
Input File
26138023380020080422120104828600613952979430000006824C POS13MMAHONIA NANCY 4189928286000422120104CO OP 2529 HOLIDAY FLCO-OP #2529
My Script:
while read LINE
do
a=`echo "$(echo $LINE |cut -c1-1)"`
b=`echo "$(echo $LINE |cut -c2-32)"`
c=`echo "$(echo $LINE |cut -c33-43)"`
d=`echo "$(echo $LINE |cut -c44-53)"`
e=`echo "$(echo $LINE |cut -c54-55)"`
f=`echo "$(echo $LINE |cut -c55-74)"`
#echo $a,$b,$c,$d,$e,"$f >> Int_4_final.dat
done < $1
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echo(3XCURSES) X/Open Curses Library Functions echo(3XCURSES)
NAME
echo, noecho - enable/disable terminal echo
SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag... ] file... -I /usr/xpg4/include -L /usr/xpg4/lib
-R /usr/xpg4/lib -lcurses [ library... ]
c89 [ flag... ] file... -lcurses [ library... ]
#include <curses.h>
int echo(void);
int noecho(void);
DESCRIPTION
The echo() function enables Echo mode for the current screen. The noecho() function disables Echo mode for the current screen. Initially,
curses software echo mode is enabled and hardware echo mode of the tty driver is disabled. The echo() and noecho() functions control soft-
ware echo only. Hardware echo must remain disabled for the duration of the application, else the behavior is undefined.
RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, these functions return OK. Otherwise, they return ERR.
ERRORS
No errors are defined.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Standard |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|MT-Level |Unsafe |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
getch(3XCURSES), getstr(3XCURSES), initscr(3XCURSES), libcurses(3XCURSES), scanw(3XCURSES), attributes(5), standards(5)
SunOS 5.10 5 Jun 2002 echo(3XCURSES)