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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting converting date format Post 302197893 by danmero on Wednesday 21st of May 2008 11:17:54 PM
Old 05-22-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by mohan705
cat file1|awk 'BEGIN {FS=OFS='|'} {$1=substr($1,1,4)"-"substr($1,5,2)"-"substr($1,7,2);{$2=substr($2,1,4)"-"substr($2,5,2)"-"substr($2,7,2);print $0}'
This should give you a boost.
Code:
awk 'BEGIN {FS=OFS="|"} {for (i=1;i<=NF;i++) if (length($i)==8) $i=substr($i,1,4)"-"substr($i,5,2)"-"substr($i,7,2);print }' file1


Last edited by danmero; 05-22-2008 at 01:24 AM..
 

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tapset::string(3stap)													     tapset::string(3stap)

NAME
tapset::string - systemtap string tapset DESCRIPTION
strlen Returns the length of a string See function::strlen(3stap) for details. substr Returns a substring See function::substr(3stap) for details. stringat Returns the char at a given position in the string See function::stringat(3stap) for details. isinstr Returns whether a string is a substring of another string See function::isinstr(3stap) for details. text_str Escape any non-printable chars in a string See function::text_str(3stap) for details. text_strn Escape any non-printable chars in a string See function::text_strn(3stap) for details. - strtol Convert a string to a long See function::-strtol(3stap) for details. isdigit Checks for a digit See function::isdigit(3stap) for details. SEE ALSO
function::strlen(3stap), function::substr(3stap), function::stringat(3stap), function::isinstr(3stap), function::text_str(3stap), function::text_strn(3stap), function::-(3stap), function::strtol(3stap), function::isdigit(3stap), stap(1), stapprobes(3stap) IBM
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