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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Check for not null column in a pipe delimited file Post 302974870 by stomp on Sunday 5th of June 2016 06:24:57 AM
Old 06-05-2016
Hi,

Something like this:

Code:
awk -F'|' '{ 
   if( $3=="" || $5=="" || $7=="" || $8=="" ) 
         if ( $3=="" ) { print "Line ",NR, " Field 3: Mandatory field is null"; }
         if ( $5=="" ) { print "Line ",NR, " Field 5: Mandatory field is null"; }
         # ...
   else  
         do_something ; 
}' yourfile.txt


Last edited by stomp; 06-05-2016 at 07:45 AM..
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