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Once again, I apologize for my poor specificity.

Each time the log is parsed, the existing xml files are overwritten.

I would prefer that as soon as the filename is determined while reading...

ghostdog, this comparison to not overwrite existing files is not working
my current whole script looks like:

/HandleRequest.*AService/{
if(b=match($0,"xml")) {
xml=substr($0,b-2)
...

I think a predefined directory would be simpler in the long run, what would the comparison be for array[2] being null?

running
AIX 5.3, bash,
and I don't know what version of awk (there is no version flag?)

I fixed the original error I posted above, as my version of awk seems to have a problem with spaces in...

Thanks alot for all your help ghostdog! :)

My combined script looks like:

#!/usr/bin/awk -f
# Awk script: extract3.awk

/HandleRequest.*OrderControlService/{
if ( b= match($0,"xml")...

Sorry, it seemed clearer to me.


Since this script will be run frequently on the same log file(s), I would like to:

-Add a check to make sure the script does not overwrite existing xml files...

Thanks for all of your help ghostdog, Jean-Pierre, and matrixmadhan!

ghostdog: I have adjusted your second edit, and made it into a script, and it works with fantastic results on my very large log...

Thanks ghostdog,

It is interesting to see the different methods everyone has to tackle the same parse.

Ghostdog: I tried to add a bit to the if statement to only output lines that had...

Continued thanks for all your support Jean-Pierre,

but I still get no output at all from the latest input file (as pasted by yourself), and the latest extract script

Thanks for your response Jean-Pierre,

The script does work with my sample file but not every line has the same format. For example these lines are thrown in between the previous ones I posted.
...

Thanks for the amazingly quick response.

As you said, untested, but so far good start.
Two main issues
First, it doesn't quite work. I neglected to mention that I only want to get what is after...

Hey Guys,

I am trying to grep within a file to find and output certain parts of lines to other file(s). The output files need to have a dynamic file name based on a field in the main log.

The...