If you don't quote $field, then the printf will apply the formatting (%-18s) to each part of $field, as separated by whitespace. By quoting it, the printf takes it as one argument.
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Is there a command that sets a variable length?
I have a input of a variable length field but my output for that field needs to be set to 32 char.
Is there such a command?
I am on a sun box running ksh
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If someone out there could help me out with this problem. I would really appreciate it.
I am trying to convert xml into text file(fixed length) using Unix Borne shell scripts.
My xml file:
<root>
<header_rec recordtype="00">
<record_id>00</record_id>
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File1:
File1 contains two fixed width columns ID of 15 characters length and Name is of 100 characters length.
ID Name
1-43<<11 spaces>>Swapna<<94 spaces>>
1-234<<10 spaces>>Mani<<96 spaces>>
1-3456<<9 spaces>>Kapil<<95 spaces>>
File2:
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Hi, I have two input files.
File1:
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1-234~name1~Newyork
1-34~name2~Boston
1-2345~name3~Hungary
File1 is a variable length file where each column is seperated by delimitter "~".
File2:
ID Country
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10200002<tab>US$ COM<tab>16/12/2008<tab>2,3775<tab>2,3783
19300978<tab>EURO<tab>16/12/2008<tab>3,28523<tab>3,28657
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(D)etail Records
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Eg:-
$ - blank space
filename:file.txt
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I have a text file with sample records as
CASE ID: 20170218881083
Original presentment record for ARN not found
for Re-presentment
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
tie
TIE(1) General Commands Manual TIE(1)NAME
tie - merge or apply WEB change files
SYNOPSIS
tie -c|-m outputfile masterfile changefile...
DESCRIPTION
The tie program is used to process multiple change files used with the WEB system for literate programming. The WEB programs allow to
apply patches to a source file (the masterfile) by means of a number of change files (often only a single change file is allowed). Tie can
be used to either merge up to 32 change files into a single one or to apply the changes to the masterfile in order to create a new one.
Output of either the new change file or the patched master file goes into outputfile.
OPTIONS -c Create a single change file from the given changefiles.
-m Create a new master file by applying the given changefiles.
ENVIRONMENT
The environment variable WEBINPUTS is used to search for the input files, or the system default if WEBINPUTS is not set. See tex(1) for
the details of the searching.
SEE ALSO web(1), ctie(1), cweb(1).
AUTHOR
Klaus Guntermann, TH Darmstadt, Institut f. Theoretische Informatik. Man page by Joachim Schnitter, TH Darmstadt, Phys. Chemie I.
Web2C 2012 7 April 2010 TIE(1)