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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Compare and merging the differences in text file Post 302573207 by rakeshkumar on Sunday 13th of November 2011 02:43:58 PM
Old 11-13-2011
thanks vgersh

Now after generation of output from awk script , i am reviewing by comparing output file with original file, please consider the below scenario difference my external stupid GUI tools is reporting ,column lengths differ
Code:
actual file1 :  columns refer to number of characters in a line
Note: actual file1 is the original file1 as it is without formatting
000001*                                                                 <7 columns>
000002  This is line1 and file1 is the actual file.  <52 columns>
000003  this is line2                                              <22 columns>
000004  this is line3 end of the file1                     <39 columns>

Code:
output file ( generated from awk script )
000001*                                                                 <82 columns>
000002  This is line1 and file1 is the actual file.  <82 columns>
000003  this is line2                                              <82 columns>
000004  this is line3 end of the file1         <82columns>

all the lines are showing as 82 columns size , its shows as difference as length of columns does not match when i am comparing the both files
i want the output file to contain exactly the columns it occupies in original file

i have tried some tricks to delete the extra spaces after End of line but it mixing the contents in format shown below
Code:
000001*    000002  This is line1 and file1 is the actual file. 00003  this is line2  000004  this is line3 end of the file1

 

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