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Is there a command that sets a variable length? I have a input of a variable length field but my output for that field needs to be set to 32 char. Is there such a command? I am on a sun box running ksh Thanks (2 Replies)

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Hi , I have a peculiar case, where my sed command is working on a file which contains lines of small length. sed "s/XYZ:1/XYZ:3/g" abc.txt > xyz.txt when abc.txt contains lines of small length(currently around 80 chars) , this sed command is working fine. when abc.txt contains lines of... (3 Replies)

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi Expert, I have a file contains-- GET:RSUB:ISI,432350114637601; RESP:0:MDN,9352608473:ISI,432350114637601:T11,1:T21,1:T22,1:B16,1:T62,1:BAIC,0:BAOC,0:BOIC,0:BIRO,0:BORO,0:BOIH,0:BOS4,0:CLIP,1:CLIR,0:CFB,1; GET:RSUB:ISI,432350114281653; ... (5 Replies)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi , I am currently using the while loop in bash shell, as follows. while read line do echo $line done < file.txt However, i want to use the while loop on file.txt, which will read the file with 4 lines of gap. Ex- if file.txt is a file of 100 lines, then i want to use the loop such... (3 Replies)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi Guys, I have a file with numbers in sequence. The sequence have been broken somewhere.. I need to find out at which number the sequence has been broken... For an example, consider this sequence, it needs to give me output as 4 (as 5 is missing) and 6(as 7 is missing) Thanks for... (3 Replies)

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Hello Everyone, I am stuck with one issue while working on abstract flat file which i have to use as input and load data to table. Input Data- ------ ------------------------ ---- ----------------- WFI001 Xxxxxx Control Work Item A Number of Records ------ ------------------------... (5 Replies)

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Dear all, I have a imput file like this imput scaffold_0 10558458 10558459 1.8 scaffold_0 10558464 10558465 1.75 scaffold_0 10558467 10558468 1.8 scaffold_0 10558468 10558469 1.71428571428571 scaffold_0 10558469... (5 Replies)