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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting sed cannot execute [Argument list too long] Post 302897801 by ygemici on Wednesday 16th of April 2014 06:32:32 AM
Old 04-16-2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by galaxy_rocky
Hi ygemici, I am trying to implement your suggestions and i have made couple of changes to my script to use while loop and read from file.
But i am stuck in the below section:
Code:
cat missing_$line_${tmp_file_suffix}i.dat | while read line
do

echo "<Row>" >> excel_${tmp_file_suffix}i.dat
echo $line | awk -F';' '{print("<Cell><Data ss:Type=\"String\">"$1F"</Data></Cell>")}' >> excel_${tmp_file_suffix}i.dat
echo $line | awk -F';' '{print("<Cell><Data ss:Type=\"String\">"$2F"</Data></Cell>")}' >> excel_${tmp_file_suffix}i.dat
echo $line | awk -F';' '{print("<Cell><Data ss:Type=\"String\">"$3F"</Data></Cell>")}' >> excel_${tmp_file_suffix}i.dat
echo $line | awk -F';' '{print("<Cell><Data ss:Type=\"String\">"$4F"</Data></Cell>")}' >> excel_${tmp_file_suffix}i.dat
echo $line | awk -F';' '{print("<Cell><Data ss:Type=\"String\">"$5F"</Data></Cell>")}' >> excel_${tmp_file_suffix}i.dat
echo $line | awk -F';' '{print("<Cell><Data ss:Type=\"String\">"$6F"</Data></Cell>")}' >> excel_${tmp_file_suffix}i.dat
echo $line | awk -F';' '{print("<Cell><Data ss:Type=\"String\">"$7F"</Data></Cell>")}' >> excel_${tmp_file_suffix}i.dat
echo $line | awk -F';' '{print("<Cell><Data ss:Type=\"String\">"$8F"</Data></Cell>")}' >> excel_${tmp_file_suffix}i.dat
echo $line | awk -F';' '{print("<Cell><Data ss:Type=\"String\">"$9F"</Data></Cell>")}' >> excel_${tmp_file_suffix}i.dat
echo $line | awk -F';' '{print("<Cell><Data ss:Type=\"String\">"$10F"</Data></Cell>")}' >> excel_${tmp_file_suffix}i.dat
echo $line | awk -F';' '{print("<Cell><Data ss:Type=\"String\">"$11F"</Data></Cell>")}' >> excel_${tmp_file_suffix}i.dat
echo $line | awk -F';' '{print("<Cell><Data ss:Type=\"String\">"$12F"</Data></Cell>")}' >> excel_${tmp_file_suffix}i.dat
echo $line | awk -F';' '{print("<Cell><Data ss:Type=\"String\">"$13F"</Data></Cell>")}' >> excel_${tmp_file_suffix}i.dat
echo "</Row>" >> excel_CT_${tmp_file_suffix}i.dat
done
echo "</Table>" >> excel_${tmp_file_suffix}i.dat
echo "</Worksheet>" >> excel_${tmp_file_suffix}i.dat
done
echo "</Workbook>" >> excel_${tmp_file_suffix}i.dat

the above section basically echoes the contents of file and sets up the excel file to be created. Any suggestions on this?

Regards,
Hi galaxy_rocky,
if you can write the input file (or sample) and desired output file maybe i can help more Smilie

firstly i dont understand exactly what is the desired output ? (what is your $1F , is it fields that in te your input lines plus "F" )

i try some like below.
Code:
# cat missing.dat
test1
test2;test3
test4;test5;test6

Code:
# awk -F';' -vi=1 'BEGIN{print "<Row>"}{print "<Cell><Data ss:Type=\"String\">"$(i++)"F</Data></Cell>"}
END{print "</Row>\n</Table>\n</Workbook>"}' missing.dat
<Row>
<Cell><Data ss:Type="String">test1F</Data></Cell>
<Cell><Data ss:Type="String">test3F</Data></Cell>
<Cell><Data ss:Type="String">test6F</Data></Cell>
</Row>
</Table>
</Workbook>

 

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