06-24-2008
Combining Two fixed width columns to a variable length file
Hi, I have two files.
File1:
File1 contains two fixed width columns ID of 15 characters length and Name is of 100 characters length.
ID Name
1-43<<11 spaces>>Swapna<<94 spaces>>
1-234<<10 spaces>>Mani<<96 spaces>>
1-3456<<9 spaces>>Kapil<<95 spaces>>
File2:
File2 contains two fixed width columns ID of 15 characters length and Name is of 80 characters length.
ID Place
1-3456<<10 spaces>>Boston<<74 spaces>>
1-43<<11 spaces>>London<<74spaces>>
I need an output file of variable length file as follows
Output:
The Output file should contain the matched records of both File1 and File2 based on ID column.
Id Name
1-43<<1 space>>Swapna
1-234
1-3456<<1 space>>Kapil
Thanks in Advance.
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colrm
COLRM(1) BSD General Commands Manual COLRM(1)
NAME
colrm -- remove columns from a file
SYNOPSIS
colrm [start [stop]]
DESCRIPTION
The colrm utility removes selected columns from the lines of a file. A column is defined as a single character in a line. Input is read
from the standard input. Output is written to the standard output.
If only the start column is specified, columns numbered less than the start column will be written. If both start and stop columns are spec-
ified, columns numbered less than the start column or greater than the stop column will be written. Column numbering starts with one, not
zero.
Tab characters increment the column count to the next multiple of eight. Backspace characters decrement the column count by one.
ENVIRONMENT
The LANG, LC_ALL and LC_CTYPE environment variables affect the execution of colrm as described in environ(7).
EXIT STATUS
The colrm utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
SEE ALSO
awk(1), column(1), cut(1), paste(1)
HISTORY
The colrm command appeared in 3.0BSD.
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