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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting problem developing for or while loops with the cut command Post 302257576 by synergy_texas on Wednesday 12th of November 2008 02:17:41 PM
Old 11-12-2008
Getting closer
Thanks for the feedback. Still not doing quite what I need. Here is a sample of the input. The first column has 12 characters with leading spaces. The last column is character #36.

Code:
           4 pftestAssert02b       3
          14 pftestCustom01b       3
          28 pftestAssert02b       3
          38 pftestCustom01b       3
         107 pftestAssert02b       3
         117 pftestCustom01b       3
         129 pftestAssert02b       3
         139 pftestCustom01b       3
        1043 VMOHMQTASK            3
        1044 VMOHMQTASK            3
        1045 VMOHMQTASK            3
        1073 email_test            3

Here is the expected output:

Code:
WorkUnits:             Process-Name:              Status:
4                      pftestAssert02b            3
14                     pftestCustom01b            3
28                     pftestAssert02b            3
38                     pftestCustom01b            3
107                    pftestAssert02b            3
117                    pftestCustom01b            3
129                    pftestAssert02b            3
139                    pftestCustom01b            3
1043                   VMOHMQTASK                 3
1044                   VMOHMQTASK                 3
1045                   VMOHMQTASK                 3
1073                   email_test                 3

The suggested awk script is getting me closer, however that is why I was using the while loop, so that when the workunit was less than 100, it would put in the two extra spaces needed in the output. When the number was between 100 -199, it would put in the extra space. The awk needs to remove leading spaces as well, which is what my sed after the cut was trying to accomplish.

Once again, any help would be greatly appreciated.
Last edited by synergy_texas; 11-12-2008 at 07:12 PM..
 

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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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