Thanks mr.bean, but what do you do when the keywords in column two contains spaces and filler has multiple entries? Like if there was a "ITEM 1" in the following? Is there a way to go by byte position?
Hi
I have the fixed width flat file having the following data
12345aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbb
12365sssssssssscccccccccc
12365sssss
12367ddddddddddvvvvvvvvvv
12367 vvvvv
Here the first column is length 5 second is length 10 third is length 10
if the second or third column exceeds... (3 Replies)
The symbols are \t and \t\t (note: not tab)
If the line starts with \t merge them into a single line upto symbol \t\t
\t\t to end and start new line
I able to join in a single line but not ending at \t\t and I completely confused
help would be appreciated:b::D
Input
\ta tab XXXXXXXXXX
\te... (5 Replies)
Hello,
I have searched forum trying to find a solution to my problem, but could not find anything or I did not understand the examples....
I should say, I am very inexperienced with text processing.
I have a text file with approx 60k lines in it.
I need to merge lines based on the number... (8 Replies)
Hi Guys,
After windows died on my netbook I installed Lubuntu and discovered Gawk about a month ago. After using Excel for 10+ years I'm amazed how quick and easily Gawk can process data but I'm stuck with a little problem merging data from multiple lines.
I'm an SEO Consultant and provide... (9 Replies)
This is a variation of an earlier post found here:
unixcom/shell-programming-scripting/159821-merge-two-non-consecutive-lines.html
User Bartus11 was kind enough to solve that example.
Previously, I needed help combining two lines that are non-consecutive in a file. Now I need to do the... (7 Replies)
Hello Everyone,
I have two files I created in a format similar to the ones found below (character position is important):
File 1:
21 Cat Y N S Y Y N N
FOUR LEGS
TAIL
WHISKERS
30 Dog N N 1 Y Y N N
FOUR LEGS
TAIL
33 Fish Y N 1 Y Y N N
FINS
43 CAR Y N S Y Y N N
WHEELS
DOORS... (7 Replies)
Hi,
I have a requirement to merge multiple lines based on search pattern. The search criteria is : it will search for CONSTRAINT and when it found CONSTRAINT, it will merge all lines to 1 line till it founds blank line.
For Example:
CREATE TABLE "AMS_DISTRIBUTOR_XREF"
(
"SOURCE"... (5 Replies)
Hi all.
This is the content of the text file used for the e-mail:
TM ICP-EDW BILLING REGISTER USAGE BREAKDOWN_01062014.csv
TM_ICP_EDWH_FICL_13062014.TXT
TM_ICP_EDWH_FICL_16062014.TXT
TM_ICP_EDW_Detailed Payment Journal Report_13062014.txt
TM_ICP_EDW_Detailed Payment Journal... (9 Replies)
Hi,
trying to knock something together to create one line entries based on whether the first word on each line matches a particular value.
eg.
Link,"Name=""Something\something"","Timeout=""1800""",
"Target=""\\thing\thing\thing""","State=""ONLINE""",something,... (0 Replies)
I am trying to merge two lines to one based on some matching condition.
The file is as follows:
Matches filter:
'request ', timestamp, <HTTPFlow
request=<GET:
Matches filter:
'request ', timestamp, <HTTPFlow
request=<GET:
Matches filter:
'request ', timestamp, <HTTPFlow
... (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: jamie_123
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LEARN ABOUT SUNOS
fmt
fmt(1) User Commands fmt(1)NAME
fmt - simple text formatters
SYNOPSIS
fmt [-cs] [-w width | -width] [inputfile...]
DESCRIPTION
fmt is a simple text formatter that fills and joins lines to produce output lines of (up to) the number of characters specified in the -w
width option. The default width is 72. fmt concatenates the inputfiles listed as arguments. If none are given, fmt formats text from the
standard input.
Blank lines are preserved in the output, as is the spacing between words. fmt does not fill nor split lines beginning with a `.' (dot), for
compatibility with
nroff(1). Nor does it fill or split a set of contiguous non-blank lines which is determined to be a mail header, the first line of which
must begin with "From".
Indentation is preserved in the output, and input lines with differing indentation are not joined (unless -c is used).
fmt can also be used as an in-line text filter for vi(1). The vi command:
!}fmt
reformats the text between the cursor location and the end of the paragraph.
OPTIONS -c Crown margin mode. Preserve the indentation of the first two lines within a paragraph, and align the left margin of
each subsequent line with that of the second line. This is useful for tagged paragraphs.
-s Split lines only. Do not join short lines to form longer ones. This prevents sample lines of code, and other such
formatted text, from being unduly combined.
-w width | -width Fill output lines to up to width columns.
OPERANDS
inputfile Input file.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
See environ(5) for a description of the LC_CTYPE environment variable that affects the execution of fmt.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcsu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO nroff(1), vi(1), attributes(5), environ(5)NOTES
The -width option is acceptable for BSD compatibility, but it may go away in future releases.
SunOS 5.10 9 May 1997 fmt(1)