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Old 02-16-2010
missing blank spaces while cutting the file to individual files
$ indicates blank space

file1.txt:
Code:
001_AHaris$$$$$020$$$$$$$$$
001_ATony$$$$$$030$$$$$$$$$
002_AChris$$$$$090$$$$$$$$$
002_ASmit$$$$$$060$$$$$$$$$
003_AJhon$$$$$$001$$$$$$$$$

$ indicates blank space

code
Code:
while read "LINE"; do
  echo "$LINE" | cut -c6- >> $(echo "$LINE" | cut -c1-5).txt
done < file1.txt

current output as per the above code...

Code:
$ cat 001_A.txt 
001_AHaris$$$$$020
001_ATony$$$$$$030

$ cat 002_A.txt 
002_AChris$$$$$090
002_ASmit$$$$$$060

$ cat 003_A.txt 
003_AJhon$$$$$$001

I am not getting the blank space in the individual files which are present at the end of the line but getting the spaces with in the line...please give your ideas to resolve this...

Desired Output:-

$ cat 001_A.txt
Code:
001_AHaris$$$$$020$$$$$$$$$
001_ATony$$$$$$030$$$$$$$$$

$ cat 002_A.txt 
002_AChris$$$$$090$$$$$$$$$
002_ASmit$$$$$$060$$$$$$$$$

$ cat 003_A.txt 
003_AJhon$$$$$$001$$$$$$$$$

Thanks
Last edited by Franklin52; 02-16-2010 at 09:54 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags!
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Old 02-16-2010
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