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Top Forums UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers Replace one column from fixed width file with another column from another file Post 303044951 by pchang on Monday 9th of March 2020 03:54:32 PM

03-09-2020

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Thanks nezabudka for your response. Your code yielded a very close results - only thing is that the update column value is not 12 bytes long (like the original).

Also, if I read your code correctly, you are looking for a "DR" string - it doesn't always have to be DR - could be something else. Also, what would happen if DR value appears in a different column position.

Code:

1GTD         03/03/20R20200303010004170USD
23923                     3684761733     000000378183JAN20 ABC                     01/31/20NET20       02/20/20  3605        1007  DR7543  1020  Software                     N/A            GST_SELF
23923                     3684787963     000001258323JAN20 BBB C                   01/31/20NET20       02/20/20  3605        1007  DR7543  1020  Software                     N/A            GST_SELF
26288                     40169          000000250000PRO SERV                      12/31/18NET20       01/20/19  3605        1007  DR9654  1020  Software                     N/A            GST_SELF
26288                     INV-600        000000400000PRO SERV REMOTE               05/31/19NET20       06/20/19  3605        1007  DR9654  1020  Software                     N/A            GST_SELF
26731                     26955          000003519000MAR20-FEB21 PRO               01/23/20NET20       02/12/20  3605        1007  DR  1007  Software                     N/A            GST_SELF
9GTD         03/03/20R20200303010004000000005805506000000000000000000005

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