is it assumes that you don't want to keep the blank lines, and it also assumes you want the department number repeated many times in each file (which seems to me like a waste of space).
The trouble with Klashxx's solution:
is it assumes you only have two fields following each department ID in your input files, which doesn't make it very robust.
So for a neater and more robust answer, try:
If, after all, you did want the department number repeating in your individual output files, omit the next instruction, i.e.
Here's is an example of what I want to do:
var1="Horse "
var2="Cat "
var3="Fish "
for animals in "$var1" "$var2" "$var3"
do
set $animals
pet=$1
## Ok, now I want to get the values of $pet, but
## I want to retain the full length it was... (3 Replies)
Is there a command that sets a variable length?
I have a input of a variable length field but my output for that field needs to be set to 32 char.
Is there such a command?
I am on a sun box running ksh
Thanks (2 Replies)
I need to pick a field out of a variable record - the field is always found 4 fields after a certain text string, but it can be on any line of the record and in any position across the record on a line. I have had no luck through any of the Unix editors being able to cut a field that isn't always... (17 Replies)
Hi all,
Does anyone know a technique for creating a download file in variable length format? I have looked around but haven't found any resources on this (or, maybe I'm not sure what to Google for :) )
Thanks in advance! (2 Replies)
Hi, all.
I need to convert a file tab delimited/variable length file in AIX to a fixed lenght file delimited by spaces. This is the input file:
10200002<tab>US$ COM<tab>16/12/2008<tab>2,3775<tab>2,3783
19300978<tab>EURO<tab>16/12/2008<tab>3,28523<tab>3,28657
And this is the expected... (2 Replies)
Very, very new to unix scripting and have a unique situation. I have a file of records that contain 3 records types:
(H)eader Records
(D)etail Records
(T)railer Records
The Detail records are 82 bytes in length which is perfect. The Header and Trailer records sometimes are 82 bytes in... (3 Replies)
Dear all,
I have basic knowledge of Unix script and her I am trying to process variable length and variable format CSV file.
The file length will depend on the numbers of Earnings/Deductions/Direct Deposits.
And
The format will depend on whether it is Earnings/Deductions or Direct Deposits... (2 Replies)
Hi,
Can anyone help with a effective solution ?
I need to change a variable length text field (between 1 - 18 characters) to a fixed length text of 18 characters with the unused portion, at the end, filled with spaces.
The text field is actually field 10 of a .csv file however I could cut... (7 Replies)
Hi,
I'm new to unix, i have a variable length file like below,
01|Test|Test1|Sample|
02|AA|BB|CC|DD|
03|AAA|BBB|CCC|DDD|EEE|RRR|TTT|SSS|YYY|
I need to make this as a fixed length file. Assume that i have 10 columns in the DAT file.
for ex: the first 01 record is having 4cols -... (8 Replies)
Hi Team,
I have an issue to split the file which is having special chracter(German Char) using awk command.
I have a different length records in a file. I am separating the files based on the length using awk command.
The command is working fine if the record is not having any... (7 Replies)
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unix2dos
unix2dos(1) General Commands Manual unix2dos(1)NAME
unix2dos - UNIX to DOS text file format converter
SYNOPSYS
unix2dos [options] [-c convmode] [-o file ...] [-n infile outfile ...]
Options:
[-hkqV] [--help] [--keepdate] [--quiet] [--version]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents unix2dos, the program that converts text files in UNIX format to DOS format.
OPTIONS
The following options are available:
-h --help
Print online help.
-k --keepdate
Keep the date stamp of output file same as input file.
-q --quiet
Quiet mode. Suppress all warning and messages.
-V --version
Prints version information.
-c --convmode convmode
Sets conversion mode. Simulates unix2dos under SunOS.
-o --oldfile file ...
Old file mode. Convert the file and write output to it. The program default to run in this mode. Wildcard names may be used.
-n --newfile infile outfile ...
New file mode. Convert the infile and write output to outfile. File names must be given in pairs and wildcard names should NOT be
used or you WILL lost your files.
EXAMPLES
Get input from stdin and write output to stdout.
unix2dos
Convert and replace a.txt. Convert and replace b.txt.
unix2dos a.txt b.txt
unix2dos -o a.txt b.txt
Convert and replace a.txt in ASCII conversion mode. Convert and replace b.txt in ISO conversion mode.
unix2dos a.txt -c iso b.txt
unix2dos -c ascii a.txt -c iso b.txt
Convert and replace a.txt while keeping original date stamp.
unix2dos -k a.txt
unix2dos -k -o a.txt
Convert a.txt and write to e.txt.
unix2dos -n a.txt e.txt
Convert a.txt and write to e.txt, keep date stamp of e.txt same as a.txt.
unix2dos -k -n a.txt e.txt
Convert and replace a.txt. Convert b.txt and write to e.txt.
unix2dos a.txt -n b.txt e.txt
unix2dos -o a.txt -n b.txt e.txt
Convert c.txt and write to e.txt. Convert and replace a.txt. Convert and replace b.txt. Convert d.txt and write to f.txt.
unix2dos -n c.txt e.txt -o a.txt b.txt -n d.txt f.txt
DIAGNOSTICS BUGS
The program does not work properly under MSDOS in stdio processing mode. If you know why is that so, please tell me.
AUTHOR
Benjamin Lin - ( blin@socs.uts.edu.au )
MISCELLANY
Tested environment:
Linux 1.2.0 with GNU C 2.5.8
SunOS 4.1.3 with GNU C 2.6.3
MS-DOS 6.20 with Borland C++ 4.02
Suggestions and bug reports are welcome.
SEE ALSO dos2unix(1)1995.03.31 unix2dos v2.2 unix2dos(1)