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Old 07-27-2009
Problem with AWK.

Hi,

I am splitting file on each HEADER. I am using following command.

Code:
awk '/^HEADER/{close("file"f);f++}{print $0 > "FILE_"f}' $Filename

I want to use a variable while generating output file. like in above command, splitted files have name "FILE_1", "FILE_2" , "FILE_3" and so on.

I dont want to use "FILE_", I want some variable that I can use instead ... like DATETIME or any run time value. I tried placing variables in place of "FILE_" but it was not working.

Please advice how can I do this.

Thanks.

Last edited by Yogesh Sawant; 07-27-2009 at 03:50 AM.. Reason: added code tags
# 2  
Old 07-27-2009
Try this.

Code:
 
var=`date +"%d%m%Y"`
 
awk '/^HEADER/{close("file"f);f++}{print $0 > '$var'"_FILE_"f}' $Filename

# 3  
Old 07-27-2009
nopes... not working. Smilie
# 4  
Old 07-27-2009
Try this:

Code:
awk -v var=`date +"%d%m%Y"` '/^HEADER/{close(var"_"f);f++}{print $0 > var"_"f}' file

# 5  
Old 07-27-2009
Hi Franklin52,
Your code generates only one file whereas it should generate 4 files.

Hi lathavim,
I tried with var=`date +"%m%d%y%H%M%S"` in your code and the filename generated was "7.2709e+10_FILE_1" (exponential value)
also it working with numbers not with Characters...
# 6  
Old 07-27-2009
Do you have the word "HEADER" on the start of every header? Post a sample of your input file within code tags.
# 7  
Old 07-27-2009
Actually file is really big so posting few Lines ....
Quote:

HEADER05062009025900
10422402670000000000
10422402671042240267
10422402671042240267
TRAILER0506200902590
HEADER05062009025900
10422402830000000000
10422402831042240283
10422402831042240283
TRAILER0506200902590
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