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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers How to separate First,Middle and Last Name from Full name Post 302549059 by shipra_31 on Sunday 21st of August 2011 05:24:35 AM
Old 08-21-2011
see if this work for all set of input ...for me it worked on the ones u gave

Code:
 
$ cat test.txt
Ashok Kumar
Ashok A K Kumar
Ashok K KUMAR
$


Code:
 
$ cat ./script.ksh
while read first i
do
last=`echo $i | /usr/bin/awk '{print $NF}'`
middle=`echo $i | /usr/bin/awk '{NF=NF -1; $1=$1 ; print}'`
echo "First name : $first"
echo "Middle name : $middle"
echo "Last name : $last"
done <test.txt
$



Output

$ ./script.ksh
First name : Ashok
Middle name : Kumar
Last name : Kumar
First name : Ashok
Middle name : A K
Last name : Kumar
First name : Ashok
Middle name : K
Last name : KUMAR
$
 

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noecho

echo(3XCURSES)						  X/Open Curses Library Functions					    echo(3XCURSES)

NAME

       echo, noecho - enable/disable terminal echo

SYNOPSIS

       cc [ flag... ] file... -I /usr/xpg4/include  -L	/usr/xpg4/lib 
	-R  /usr/xpg4/lib  -lcurses  [ library... ]

       c89 [ flag... ] file... -lcurses [ library... ]

       #include <curses.h>

       int echo(void);

       int noecho(void);

DESCRIPTION

       The  echo()  function enables Echo mode for the current screen. The noecho() function disables Echo mode for the current screen. Initially,
       curses software echo mode is enabled and hardware echo mode of the tty driver is disabled. The echo() and noecho() functions control  soft-
       ware echo only. Hardware echo must remain disabled for the duration of the application, else the behavior is undefined.

RETURN VALUES

       Upon successful completion, these functions return OK. Otherwise, they return ERR.

ERRORS

       No errors are defined.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Standard			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |MT-Level		     |Unsafe			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       getch(3XCURSES), getstr(3XCURSES), initscr(3XCURSES), libcurses(3XCURSES), scanw(3XCURSES), attributes(5), standards(5)

SunOS 5.11							    5 Jun 2002							    echo(3XCURSES)
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