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
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If someone out there could help me out with this problem. I would really appreciate it.
I am trying to convert xml into text file(fixed length) using Unix Borne shell scripts.
My xml file:
<root>
<header_rec recordtype="00">
<record_id>00</record_id>
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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:
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Hi, I have two input files.
File1:
ID Name Place
1-234~name1~Newyork
1-34~name2~Boston
1-2345~name3~Hungary
File1 is a variable length file where each column is seperated by delimitter "~".
File2:
ID Country
1-34<<11 SPACES>>USA<<7 spaces>>
1-234<<10 SPACES>>UK<<8... (5 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)
Hi,
I have a fixed length text file that needs to be cut into individual files in aix and facing padding issues. If I have multiple blank spaces in the file it is just making it one while cutting the files..
Eg:-
$ - blank space
filename:file.txt
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Hi,
I have a text file with sample records as
CASE ID: 20170218881083
Original presentment record for ARN not found
for Re-presentment
I want to extract the 23 digit number from this file. I thought of using grep but initially couldn't extract the required number. However, after... (16 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)