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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Script to display lines in a file in a particular format Post 302565803 by munkeHoller on Tuesday 18th of October 2011 08:36:53 PM
Old 10-18-2011
Another way might be ...

Given files f1 and f2 and awk script ex.awk
cat f1
Date: 12/12/12
Time: 00:15
Age: xxxxxx
Processid: 45
User: usr1
Message: N/A
Miscellaneous: N/A
hunke3@hunkemoller3:~/code/shell$ cat f2
Other: stuff
Time: 01:15
Message: N/A
Date: 02/12/12
Miscellaneous: N/A
Host: somehost
User: usr2
hunke3@hunkemoller3:~/code/shell$
hunke3@hunkemoller3:~/code/shell$
hunke3@hunkemoller3:~/code/shell$ cat ex.awk
BEGIN{
d=""; t=""; u=""; flds=0;
}
#only take lines beginning with Date | Time | User
/^Date/{d=$0;flds=flds+1;}
/^Time/{t=$0;flds=flds+1;}
/^User/{u=$0;flds=flds+1;}
{
if(flds==3){#ok,so we have a complete set of fields
printf("%s %s %s\n",d,t,u);
d=""; t=""; u=""; flds=0
}
}

# run it ....
awk -f awkEx.awk f1 f2
Date: 12/12/12 Time: 00:15 User: usr1
Date: 02/12/12 Time: 01:15 User: usr2
 

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getdate

GETDATE(1)							   User Commands							GETDATE(1)

NAME

       getdate - AME

SYNOPSIS

       [-dv][-n dec][-f format] [ra dec sys] itype2otype [date and/or time]

DESCRIPTION

       Convert date and time between various formats

	      [-dv][-n dec][-f format] itype2otype @file

	      itype: nfd=ISOFITS fd=FITS, dt=yyyy.mmdd, hr=hh:mm:ss, deg=dd:mm:ss

	      jd=Julian  Date,	mjd=Modified Julian Date hjd=Heliocentric Julian Date, mhjd=Modified HJD ep=epoch, epj=Julian epoch, epb=Besselian
	      epoch lt=local time, ut=UT, ts=seconds since 1950-01-01 now=current time, ang=fractional degrees

	      otype: fd=FITS, dt=yyyy.mmdd, jd=Julian Date, mjd=Modified Julian Date

	      hjd=Heliocentric Julian Date, mhjd=Modified HJD  hr=hh:mm:ss,  deg=dd:mm:ss,  ang=fractional  degrees  ep=epoch,	epj=Julian  epoch,
	      epb=Besselian epoch ts=seconds since 1950-01-01, tsu=Unix sec, tsi=IRAF sec gst=Greenwich Sidereal Time, lst=Local Sidereal Time

	      @file: First one or two columns are in itype format ra dec sys:  Need for Heliocentric conversions

       -a: Append date to input file, if there is one

       -d: Print date without time

       -e: Print output as ET/TDT/TT converting from UT

       -f: Format for output number (C printf)

       -h hours: Longitude in hours, west positive

       -l degrees: Longitude in degrees, west positive

       -n: Number of decimal places in sec, epoch, JD

       -t: Print time without date

       -v: Verbose

getdate 3.8.4							     June 2012								GETDATE(1)
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