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# 8  
Old 12-21-2010
@panyam is correct
My bad. I misunderstood what was desired for output. I read his request as simply to pull off the first 8 characters.
# 9  
Old 12-21-2010
MySQL
Cool! Smilie

awk worked. Smilie

Couple of questions more.

What do I do if I do not want to hardcode the input_file_name in my shell script and pass it as a parameter from the prompt instead (while running the shell script)?

And how do I name the split output files as POS_Volume_<file_date_here>.txt?
# 10  
Old 12-21-2010
Code:
 
awk '{ print > "POS_Volume_"$1".txt" }'  $input_file_name

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# 11  
Old 12-28-2010
Java
Quote:
Originally Posted by anurag.singh
Code:
 
awk '{ print > "POS_Volume_"$1".txt" }'  $input_file_name

Unfortunately, this one is not working.

Just keeps running without returning the prompt.

The previous awk worked like a charm.

How do I fix this one?
# 12  
Old 12-28-2010
Change:
Code:
$input_file_name

to the name of your input file (without the $)
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# 13  
Old 12-28-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by scottn
Change:
Code:
$input_file_name

to the name of your input file (without the $)
But what if I don't want to hardcode the input filename? I want to pass the input filename dynamically while running the script. Smilie
# 14  
Old 12-28-2010
If input_file_name is set correctly before running ,awk, script should run.
Please post the script you are trying to run, showing how filename variable is set along with the awk command and how script is ran.
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