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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users Help using awk with a text file Post 302789191 by ziggy6 on Wednesday 3rd of April 2013 08:51:32 AM
Old 04-03-2013
Test on awk script
Ok that new statement worked,
Code:
awk -v my=`date +%m%y` '

I did some more testing to check what would happen with an account that had more than 1 page and it wants to break the statement up in to separate file

Here is an example of one account with 3 pages
Code:
    1  ^M                 ABC PARTS COMPANY             ^M
    2                   100 WILDFLOWER TRAIL          ^M
    3                   MT PLEASANT SC 29579          ^M
    4                          800-555-1212
    5
    6
    7
    8  ^M                                       02/05/13^M
    9  ^M
   10    960    FRONTIER CONSTRUCTION           ^M
   11           P O BOX 84                      ^M
   12           JONES MILLS PA 15646            ^M
   13                                           ^M
   14  ^M
   15  ^M
   16                                                    PAGE   1 OF   3^M
   17  ^M
   18  10/31/12         PB  1PB         8304.54                  8304.54 ^M
   19  10/31/12         PB  2PB         3123.15                 11427.69 ^M
   20  11/01/12         ID  146469       589.75                 12017.44 ^M
   21  11/03/12         ID  146502       275.49                 12292.93 ^M
   22  11/03/12         ID  146503        30.69                 12323.62 ^M
   23  11/05/12         ID  146509       417.85                 12741.47 ^M
   24  11/05/12         ID  146515        75.68                 12817.15 ^M
   25  11/05/12         ID  146516       598.90                 13416.05 ^M
   26  11/05/12         ID  146518       275.49                 13691.54 ^M
   27  11/05/12         ID  146519       158.95                 13850.49 ^M
   28  11/05/12         ID  146520        22.79                 13873.28 ^M
   29  11/05/12         ID  146525        11.13                 13884.41 ^M
   30  11/06/12         ID  146539        90.31                 13974.72 ^M
   31  11/06/12         IC  146547                   19.19-     13955.53 ^M
   32  11/07/12         ID  146552       401.37                 14356.90 ^M
   33  11/07/12         ID  146558       110.18                 14467.08 ^M
   34  11/08/12         ID  146583       615.84                 15082.92 ^M
   35  11/09/12         ID  146590       253.76                 15336.68 ^M
   36  11/12/12         ID  146612       122.72                 15459.40 ^M
   37  11/12/12         ID  146618       143.65                 15603.05 ^M
   38  11/13/12         ID  146620       691.25                 16294.30 ^M
   39  11/13/12         ID  146635        42.35                 16336.65 ^M
   40  11/14/12         ID  146646        16.94                 16353.59 ^M
   41  11/14/12         ID  146653       593.55                 16947.14 ^M
   42  11/14/12         ID  146656       221.88                 17169.02 ^M
   43  11/14/12         ID  146661        90.74                 17259.76 ^M
   44  11/14/12         ID  146662       200.34                 17460.10 ^M
   45  11/14/12         ID  146664        67.03                 17527.13 ^M
   46  11/15/12         ID  146681      2403.09                 19930.22 ^M
   47  11/15/12         ID  146682        35.37                 19965.59 ^L
                ABC PARTS COMPANY             ^M
   48                   100 WILDFLOWER TRAIL          ^M
   49                   MT PLEASANT SC 29579          ^M
   50                          800-555-1212
   51
   52
   53
   54  ^M                                       02/05/13^M
   55  ^M
   56    960    FRONTIER CONSTRUCTION           ^M
   57           P O BOX 84                      ^M
   58           JONES MILLS PA 15646            ^M
   59                                           ^M
   60  ^M
   61  ^M
   62                                                    PAGE   2 OF   3^M
   63  ^M
   64  11/15/12         ID  146684        74.19                 20039.78 ^M
   65  11/16/12         ID  146702       254.08                 20293.86 ^M
   66  11/16/12         ID  146703       299.34                 20593.20 ^M
   67  11/19/12         ID  146719       227.54                 20820.74 ^M
   68  11/19/12         ID  146722        38.01                 20858.75 ^M
   69  11/19/12         ID  146733       142.36                 21001.11 ^M
   70  11/20/12         ID  146740        64.43                 21065.54 ^M
   71  11/20/12         ID  146753       145.62                 21211.16 ^M
   72  11/20/12         ID  146757       314.13                 21525.29 ^M
   73  11/20/12         ID  146761        59.71                 21585.00 ^M
   74  11/20/12         ID  146763        31.84                 21616.84 ^M
   75  11/21/12         PC  CK6192                   16.11-     21600.73 ^M
   76  11/21/12         PC  CK4956                 8561.65-     13039.08 ^M
   77  11/23/12         ID  146789        46.80                 13085.88 ^M
   78  11/23/12         ID  146795        46.48                 13132.36 ^M
   79  11/23/12         ID  146805      1004.47                 14136.83 ^M
   80  11/26/12         ID  146812       100.40                 14237.23 ^M
   81  11/27/12         ID  146819       139.87                 14377.10 ^M
   82  11/27/12         ID  146820       279.29                 14656.39 ^M
   83  11/27/12         ID  146821        48.37                 14704.76 ^M
   84  11/27/12         ID  146822        72.81                 14777.57 ^M
   85  11/27/12         ID  146823        71.24                 14848.81 ^M
   86  11/27/12         ID  146826       156.46                 15005.27 ^M
   87  11/28/12         ID  146828        95.24                 15100.51 ^M
   88  11/28/12         ID  146829        76.79                 15177.30 ^M
   89  11/28/12         ID  146830       163.02                 15340.32 ^M
   90  11/28/12         ID  146842        13.78                 15354.10 ^M
   91  11/28/12         ID  146854       254.83                 15608.93 ^M
   92  11/28/12         ID  146856       915.88                 16524.81 ^M
   93  11/29/12         ID  146877       137.75                 16662.56 ^L
                ABC PARTS COMPANY             ^M
   94                   100 WILDFLOWER TRAIL          ^M
   95                   MT PLEASANT SC 29579          ^M
   96                          800-555-1212
   97
   98
   99
  100  ^M                                       02/05/13^M
  101  ^M
  102    960    FRONTIER CONSTRUCTION           ^M
  103           P O BOX 84                      ^M
  104           JONES MILLS PA 15646            ^M
  105                                           ^M
  106  ^M
  107  ^M
  108                                                    PAGE   3 OF   3^M
  109  ^M
  110  11/29/12         ID  146878        34.27                 16696.83 ^M
  111  11/29/12         ID  146879        33.92                 16730.75 ^M
  112  11/29/12         ID  146880       178.06                 16908.81 ^M
  113  11/29/12         ID  146881        75.83                 16984.64 ^M
  114  11/29/12         ID  146882       148.44                 17133.08
  115
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  127
  128
  129
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  132
  133
  134
  135
  136
  137
  138
  139
  140  ^M^M
  141                                                           17133.08 ^M
  142  ^M
  143   14283.15      2849.93                                     ^M
  144  ^M
  145                                   STATEMENT MESSAGE HERE          ^M
  146                                   PLEASE RETURN TO US             ^M
  147  ^M

The results ended in two files
2849 Apr 3 08:42 110413.txt
2787 Apr 3 08:42 9600413.txt
 

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