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Old 04-13-2009
input string="3MMTQSZ348GGMZRQWMJM4SD6M";output string="3MMTQ-SZ348-GGMZR-QWMJM-4SD6

Code:
input string="3MMTQSZ348GGMZRQWMJM4SD6M"

output string="3MMTQ-SZ348-GGMZR-QWMJM-4SD6M"

using linux shell script
# 2  
Old 04-13-2009
Hi,
this works, even if it is not that elegant:S

Code:
echo "3MMTQSZ348GGMZRQWMJM4SD6M" | awk ' {print substr($0,1,5)"-"substr($0,6,5)"-"substr($0,11,5)"-"substr($0,16,5)"-"substr($0,21,5)}'

Bye
# 3  
Old 04-13-2009
Code:
echo '3MMTQSZ348GGMZRQWMJM4SD6M' | sed 's/.\{5\}/&-/g;s/-$//'


Last edited by vgersh99; 04-13-2009 at 03:20 PM.. Reason: less verbose
# 4  
Old 04-13-2009
yeah vgersh99,
you're the number oneSmilie
# 5  
Old 04-14-2009
Code:
echo "3MMTQSZ348GGMZRQWMJM4SD6M" | sed -e 's/.\{5\}/-&/g' -e 's/^-//'

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