1. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Hi, I got a file which is one huge record. I know each record should be 550 bytes long. How do I parse out the records from the one huge record. (1 Reply)

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi all, I am using this command "sort -d -u -k1 IMSTEST.74E -o tmp.txt" to the records in the flat. Can any tell me how to sort the file except first line in the file For ex: i/p First line: DXYZ Second line : jumy third : cmhk fourth : andy Output should... (5 Replies)

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

dn: uid=peter@exmaple.com,ou=example-com,ou=mail,dc=example,dc=to cn: Peter sn: Norton displayName: Peter Norton dn: uid=ras@exmaple.com,ou=example-com,ou=mail,dc=example,dc=to cn: Ras sn: Kam displayName: Ras Kam i have a text file with 300 entries with multiple ldap entries... (5 Replies)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi all, Can any one help whether we can able to sort a record with delimiter plz ? (3 Replies)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

hi, Please suggest me how to do this logic say i am dynamically taking a file name into the script. when ever a file name it should sort the all the records based on the first character in every line except the heading line and ending line. for example file1 heading... (1 Reply)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello, I have a file which has the following format: I have to do is sort individual records in the file based on the 4th field. Each record starts with "Module". Is there an easy way to do this using awk. I have tried piping output from awk to sort and also using "sort" inside awk but... (8 Replies)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

I have not get much answer/solution for the posting. Here I break down the question and hope to get some help. 1. How can I use AWK to read in two records at the same time and keep loop to next two when the condition is meet? position 1-10 --> Unique to identity whether... (4 Replies)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

I need to make one record to multiple records based on occurence column in the record and change the date.For example below first record has 5 ,so need to create 5 records from one and change the date to 5 months.Occurence can be any number. I am unable to come with a script.Can some one help ... (5 Replies)

9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

input: ref.1;rack.1;1 #group1 ref.1;rack.1;2 #group1 ref.1;rack.2;1 #group2 ref.2;rack.3;1 #group3 ref.2;rack.3;2 #group3 ref.2;rack.3;3 #group3 Among records from same group (i.e. with same 1st and 2nd field - separated by ";"), I would need to keep the last record... (5 Replies)

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

I have a texinfo file containing book records and I want to sort them. An example is shown below. Records are separated by two blank lines. The sort pattern I want to sort is starting from the beginning of the year declaration and finishing at the beginning of the book title where I use the... (4 Replies)