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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers awk truncating first field output? Post 302921872 by trashmouth12 on Monday 20th of October 2014 04:28:40 PM
Old 10-20-2014
Sorry,
here is the output and source in text format

Code:
 ./getRecordByName.awk on
 3958231  Claribel Cone     3   25  16  21  6   12  12  25  78

18273475  Shawn Tornton     3   25  16  21  6   12  22  43  106

 8273231  Glenn Ikonomov    10  20  11  18  5   12  24  41  86

92839115  Scott Trouchon    10  30  20  25  10  15  31  29  101

input file:
Code:
Student Number:Name:Lab1:Lab2:Lab3:Lab4:Lab5:Lab6:Exam1:Exam2:Final

18273640:Annette Adams:8:24:19:24:10:12:43:35:98
93840219:Mary Beard:9:30:19:23:10:14:29:39:87
23958552:Antoinette Brown:9:16:18:22:9:12:19:31:79
23958231:Claribel Cone:3:25:16:21:6:12:12:25:78
23958548:Ema Chang:8:22:16:23:9:x:15:28:69
23958664:Heesook Kim:6:20:14:24:7:12:x:39:98
23958115:Larry Liu:7:23:12:24:9:13:43:35:98
23958238:Brad Lee:9:27:18:22:9:12:36:38:102
18273165:Eric Ko:7:23:12:24:9:13:31:42:95
18273239:Richard Ko:9:16:18:22:9:12:28:30:96
18273475:Shawn Tornton:3:25:16:21:6:12:22:43:106
18273427:Omar Maghardi:6:20:14:24:a:12:30:40:100
18273975:Scott Yau:10:30:20:25:10:15:41:45:110
18273231:Glenn Ikonomov:10:20:11:18:5:12:24:41:86
92839115:Scott Trouchon:10:30:20:25:10:15:31:29:101
92839985:Patric Zhou:9:16:18:22:9:12:a:31:98
92839344:Zhanfang Li:10:22:20:22:10:15:24:37:102
92839342:Robert Bloomingdale:9:26:18:22:9:12:25:39:99
92839633:Patricia Garibaldi:7:23:12:24:9:13:32:42:107
92839654:Svetlana Rusova:6:20:14:24:7:12:34:41:109
92839443:Aleksei Titov:3:25:16:21:6:12:38:45:112
92839864:Xiaowei Young:10:20:11:18:5:12:29:37:96
92839428:Guan Wang:9:27:18:22:9:12:29:40:101

Number of Labs:6
Number of Exams:2

Maximum points per Lab
Lab1:10
Lab2:30
Lab3:20
Lab4:25
Lab5:10
Lab6:15

Maximum points per Exam
Exam1:50
Exam2:50

Maximum points on Final
Final:150


Quote:
Originally Posted by RudiC
Is it possible you are dealing with a DOS/windows file using \r\n as a line separator? That'd be the only reason I could find just staring at the images.
I'm logged in to a Linux server using SSH through OSX. Same error occurs when I ssh through Windows to the same server using PuTTY.
 

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