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Old 07-31-2009
sed command doubt
i have input files like this


Code:
  SFE_DOC_DATE (SFE_DOC_DATE:UniChar.:): "04/18/20"
  SFE_PSTNG_DATE (SFE_PSTNG_DATE:UniChar.:): "04/18/20"
  SFE_CREATEDON (SFE_CREATEDON:UniChar.:): "05/31/20"
  SFE_CLEAR_DATE (SFE_CLEAR_DATE:UniChar.:): "(NULL)"
  SFE_CLR_DOC_NO (SFE_CLR_DOC_NO:UniChar.:): ""
  SFE_CO_AREA (SFE_CO_AREA:UniChar.:): "1000"

i dont want content present within brackets

i want my output in single line like
Code:
SFE_DOC_DATE="04/18/20" | SFE_PSTNG_DATE ="04/18/20" | .....


to implement this , intialy am trying as below
Code:
sed '/(/,/)/ s/[a-z,A-Z]*[0-9][0-9]*//' data_block.txt >j.txt

but its not working


Plz give me solution to get final output using SED command

ur frnd
gopal
Last edited by Franklin52; 07-31-2009 at 07:32 AM.. Reason: adding code tags
# 2  
Old 07-31-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gopal_Engg
i have input files like this


SFE_DOC_DATE (SFE_DOC_DATE:UniChar.Smilie: "04/18/20"
SFE_PSTNG_DATE (SFE_PSTNG_DATE:UniChar.Smilie: "04/18/20"
SFE_CREATEDON (SFE_CREATEDON:UniChar.Smilie: "05/31/20"
SFE_CLEAR_DATE (SFE_CLEAR_DATE:UniChar.Smilie: "(NULL)"
SFE_CLR_DOC_NO (SFE_CLR_DOC_NO:UniChar.Smilie: ""
SFE_CO_AREA (SFE_CO_AREA:UniChar.Smilie: "1000"

i dont want content present within brackets

i want my output in single line like
SFE_DOC_DATE="04/18/20" | SFE_PSTNG_DATE ="04/18/20" | .....


to implement this , intialy am trying as below
sed '/(/,/)/ s/[a-z,A-Z]*[0-9][0-9]*//' data_block.txt >j.txt

but its not working


Plz give me solution to get final output using SED command

ur frnd
gopal

Try:

Code:
sed -e 's/(.*):/=/' -e 's/$/|/' inputfile | xargs

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# 3  
Old 07-31-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by rakeshawasthi
Try:

Code:
sed -e 's/(.*):/=/' -e 's/$/|/' inputfile | xargs

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Code:
HI rakeshawasthi
 
Thanks for ur reply. but i want make all the lines to be single line after applying ur propoesd command. so ireframed ur command as below to achieve my req.
 
sed -e 's/(.*):/=/' data_block.txt | awk '{ line = line $0 "|"} END { print line}'
 
please tel me if u hv any other solution with SED command to acieve this.
 
Thanks,
Frnd, Gopal

# 4  
Old 07-31-2009
What I posted was also adding the |
What extra you want, please let me know, I am not clear.
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