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Old 07-31-2009
How do I create an array from a file using every 3rd line
A file contains the following information shown below. Every ceName has 2 consecutive lines that have to be evaluated, using awk, sed, cut (any common unix tools).

Input file:
Code:
ceName: Node-1
processName: tzMgmt
Status: PROCESS_NOT_RUNNING
ceName: Node-2
processName: tzMgmt
Status: PROCESS_RUNNING
ceName: Node-1
processName: XDM
Status: PROCESS_NOT_RUNNING
ceName: Node-2
processName: XDM
Status: PROCESS_RUNNING

To become:

Code:
processName        Status Node-1                   Status Node-2
-----------        -------------------              -------------------
tzMgmt              PROCESS_NOT_RUNNING        PROCESS_RUNNING
XDM                  PROCESS_NOT_RUNNING        PROCESS_RUNNING

Any advice appreciated.

Thanks,

Bjoern
Last edited by radoulov; 07-31-2009 at 06:52 PM.. Reason: Fix spacing.
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Old 07-31-2009
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Old 07-31-2009
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Originally Posted by radoulov
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Thanks for the reply, but the text you put into [code - /code] is not really code but text.

Regards,

Bjoern
# 4  
Old 08-01-2009
Try this and see if you can modify it to your requirement:
Code:
sed 'N;N;N;N;N;s/\n/\t\t/gp' file

FYI: You put your data / input / output etc also between [CODE]
This will make it easy to read.

---------- Post updated at 11:33 PM ---------- Previous update was at 05:27 PM ----------

This works, but not the best way.
Lets see if any one else comes up with a better one.
Code:
sed  '/ceName:.*/d; s/^[^:]*: //' 3rdline.txt | sed 'N;N;N;s/\n/\t/g; s/\(^[^\t]*\t[^\t]*\t\)[^\t]*\t\([^\t]*\)$/\1\2/'

# 5  
Old 08-01-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by BRH
Thanks for the reply, but the text you put into [code - /code] is not really code but text.
[...]
Quote:
use Code Tags when you post any code or data samples
Please read the rules.
# 6  
Old 08-01-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by edidataguy
Try this and see if you can modify it to your requirement:
Code:
sed 'N;N;N;N;N;s/\n/\t\t/gp' file

FYI: You put your data / input / output etc also between [code]
This will make it easy to read.

---------- Post updated at 11:33 PM ---------- Previous update was at 05:27 PM ----------

This works, but not the best way.
Lets see if any one else comes up with a better one.
Code:
sed  '/ceName:.*/d; s/^[^:]*: //' 3rdline.txt | sed 'N;N;N;s/\n/\t/g; s/\(^[^\t]*\t[^\t]*\t\)[^\t]*\t\([^\t]*\)$/\1\2/'

This is a little more refined:
Code:
sed  '/ceName:.*/d; s/^[^:]*: //' 3rdline.txt | sed 'N;N;N;s/\n/\t/g; s/\([^\t]*\t\)//3'

# 7  
Old 08-03-2009
Hi I just did a simalar thing and ended up using awk you might find this a lot simpler Eg:

Code:
awk 'ORS=NR%3?"~":"\n"' alltr.out > alltr.sql
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