Hi,
Newbie here. Need to convert a txt file to .csv format. There's no character to replace so not sure if I can use sed :confused: . The comma is to be inserted after every certain number of characters in each line...
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I have a fixed width flatfile with 5 columns, i will load file from oracle database to the flatfile for every 15 min at the end of the file, i want to insert a record by calling a shell script for inserting a record.
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Can somebody help me with solution for this PLEASE?
I have a flat file and need to insert delimiters at fixed positions in all the lines so that I can easily convert into EXCEL with columns defined as per their width.
For Example
Here is the file
{
kkjhdhal
sdfewss
sdtereetyw... (7 Replies)
I am attempting to replace positions 44-46 with YYY if positions 48-50 = XXX.
awk -F "" '{if (substr($0,48,3)=="XXX") $44="YYY"}1' OFS="" $filename > $tempfile
But this is not working, 44-46 is still spaces in my tempfile instead of YYY. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. (9 Replies)
Hello. I'm trying to insert text in various positions and I could only do that using pipes for each position.
Example:
cat file | sed -e 's#\(.\{5\}\)\(.*\)#\1:\2#g' | sed -e 's#\(.\{26\}\)\(.*\)#\1:\2#g'
Insert ":" at position 5 and 26.
it can be done in the same sentence, without using... (4 Replies)
Hi,
I am trying to insert Inverted Commas around all the numeric values within a comma seperated string / variable.
1111,2222,3333,4444
I would like it to be:
'1111','2222','3333','4444'
Note - This string could have a differing amount of numeric values each time the variable is... (4 Replies)
Hi All,
I have a set of data as below :
XS012371378 Raj 23-09-12
SH128238948 Andrew 24-08-12
CH273712399 Walsh 12-10-12
JK7249923893 Nick 10-02-13
JP6383791389 Braslin 30-12-13
I want the first column to be extracted separately. I can get this using awk.
awk '{print $1}' file_name
... (3 Replies)
My objective is to replace the 8th, 9th, 10th characters by 1 space per character (total 3 spaces) in a file.
I achieved this using following command:
sed 's/\(.\)/\1@/7;s/@\(...\)/ /' FileData.txt > FileData_UPDATED.txt
Another situation comes when I need to done same but excluding 1st... (5 Replies)
JOIN(1) General Commands Manual JOIN(1)NAME
join - relational database operator
SYNOPSIS
join [ options ] file1 file2
DESCRIPTION
Join forms, on the standard output, a join of the two relations specified by the lines of file1 and file2. If one of the file names is the
standard input is used.
File1 and file2 must be sorted in increasing ASCII collating sequence on the fields on which they are to be joined, normally the first in
each line.
There is one line in the output for each pair of lines in file1 and file2 that have identical join fields. The output line normally con-
sists of the common field, then the rest of the line from file1, then the rest of the line from file2.
Input fields are normally separated spaces or tabs; output fields by space. In this case, multiple separators count as one, and leading
separators are discarded.
The following options are recognized, with POSIX syntax.
-a n In addition to the normal output, produce a line for each unpairable line in file n, where n is 1 or 2.
-v n Like -a, omitting output for paired lines.
-e s Replace empty output fields by string s.
-1 m
-2 m Join on the mth field of file1 or file2.
-jn m Archaic equivalent for -n m.
-ofields
Each output line comprises the designated fields. The comma-separated field designators are either 0, meaning the join field, or
have the form n.m, where n is a file number and m is a field number. Archaic usage allows separate arguments for field designators.
-tc Use character c as the only separator (tab character) on input and output. Every appearance of c in a line is significant.
EXAMPLES
sort /etc/passwd | join -t: -1 1 -a 1 -e "" - bdays
Add birthdays to the /etc/passwd file, leaving unknown birthdays empty. The layout of /adm/users is given in passwd(5); bdays con-
tains sorted lines like
tr : ' ' </etc/passwd | sort -k 3 3 >temp
join -1 3 -2 3 -o 1.1,2.1 temp temp | awk '$1 < $2'
Print all pairs of users with identical userids.
SOURCE
/src/cmd/join.c
SEE ALSO sort(1), comm(1), awk(1)BUGS
With default field separation, the collating sequence is that of sort -b -ky,y; with -t, the sequence is that of sort -tx -ky,y.
One of the files must be randomly accessible.
JOIN(1)