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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Need help with a manual task Post 302250067 by jcalisi on Wednesday 22nd of October 2008 04:26:56 PM
Old 10-22-2008
Need help with a manual task

I have an ASCII file that I receive on a monthly bases that is fixed length. I break the file into separate files based on a 5 character numerical sequence. I have 20 different sequences I have to find.

the input file looks something like this
xy-ins 2008yuthnrlsinrthsntwilgrha33260001 sslh12 0000000000000
xy-ins 2008yuthnrlsinrthsntwilgrha33270001 sslh12 0000000000000
xy-ins 2008yuthnrlsinrthsntwilgrha33277001 sslh12 0000000000000

I want to copy every line that contains that sequence in that same position to a new file retaining the same format.

I'm not looking for someone to hand me a script but would be the best way of doing this. I do prefer using bash as my shell and thinking about using awk and a some type of loop. However, I have not used awk and would consider my skillset in this arena as a "noobie"...

thanks in advance for your suggestions.
 

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SEND(3PVM)							  PVM Version 3.4							SEND(3PVM)

NAME
pvm_send - Immediately sends the data in the active message buffer. SYNOPSIS
C int info = pvm_send( int tid, int msgtag ) Fortran call pvmfsend( tid, msgtag, info ) PARAMETERS
tid Integer task identifier of destination process. msgtag Integer message tag supplied by the user. msgtag should be >= 0. info Integer status code returned by the routine. DESCRIPTION
The routine pvm_send sends a message stored in the active send buffer to the PVM process identified by tid. msgtag is used to label the content of the message. If pvm_send is successful, info will be 0. If some error occurs then info will be < 0. The pvm_send routine is asynchronous. Computation on the sending processor resumes as soon as the message is safely on its way to the receiving processor. This is in contrast to synchronous communication, during which computation on the sending processor halts until the matching receive is executed by the receiving processor. The PVM model guarantees the following about message order. If task 1 sends message A to task 2, then task 1 sends message B to task 2, message A will arrive at task 2 before message B. Moreover, if both messages arrive before task 2 does a receive, then a wildcard receive will always return message A. Terminating a PVM task immediately after sending a message or messages from it may result in those messages being lost. To be sure, always call pvm_exit() before stopping. EXAMPLES
C: info = pvm_initsend( PvmDataDefault ); info = pvm_pkint( array, 10, 1 ); msgtag = 3 ; info = pvm_send( tid, msgtag ); Fortran: CALL PVMFINITSEND(PVMRAW, INFO) CALL PVMFPACK( REAL8, DATA, 100, 1, INFO ) CALL PVMFSEND( TID, 3, INFO ) ERRORS
These error conditions can be returned by pvm_send PvmBadParam giving an invalid tid or a msgtag. PvmSysErr pvmd not responding. PvmNoBuf no active send buffer. Try pvm_initsend() before send. SEE ALSO
pvm_initsend(3PVM), pvm_mcast(3PVM), pvm_pack(3PVM), pvm_psend(3PVM), pvm_recv(3PVM) 30 August, 1993 SEND(3PVM)
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