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1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data:

This...

Still having the same problem.

I want the following output:


User ID: 4071
Last Name: Gills
First Name: Roberts
Address: Maple Dr.
Phone#: 702346789


from this command:

grep "$uId" database.txt | awk...

Thanks. I will try it on my VM.

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I should have stated this before. I want the user to enter a User Id...

How can you use sed with a line of code that reads:

67899:Bill:Williams:Maple Dr.:45908600

Let us say we want to replace Maple Dr. with Oak St.

Sounds good. Calling that variable would simply require a $USER_ID correct?

As I add new data to database.txt I want to generate a unqiue User Id. This is my current solution.

echo $RANDOM:$lname:$fname >> database.txt

But I seem to have problems when I try and use...

The code looks like it would filter a text file with a single line of entry.
But what Im trying to do is extract one line of code via its User ID which is the first column of data and format it to...

I am trying to format the following text:
4873:Ken:Williams:Maple Dr.:(845)674-3849

to read like so
User ID: 4873
Last Name: Williams
First Name: Ken
Address: Maple Dr.
Phone #: ...