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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users Help using awk with a text file Post 302789357 by Don Cragun on Wednesday 3rd of April 2013 01:31:57 PM
Old 04-03-2013
If I have interpreted your new requirements correctly, the following should do what you want:
Code:
awk -v my=`(date +%m%y)` -F'[^[:digit:]]*' '
{       out = out $0 "\n"
}
/Account Number:/ {
        CN = $2
        if(lCN != CN) {
                if(fn != "") close(fn)
                fn = sprintf("%d%s.txt", lCN = CN, my)
        }
        next
}
/\f/ {  printf("%s", out) > fn
        out = ""
}
END {   if(fn != "") close(fn)
}' input2

This should work on your SCO system where your shell doesn't recognize $(...) as a form of command substitution.

If anyone wants to try this on a Solaris/SunOS system, they should use /usr/xpg4/bin/awk or nawk instead of awk.
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SYNOPSIS

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