File Operation when delimiter is (Ctrl+A)


 
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Old 02-02-2011
Java File Operation when delimiter is (Ctrl+A)

Hi,

I am new to Shell Scripting. I need the following help.

I have a file which is Ctrl +A delimited.I have to do the following validation

1. Header row second column should be having the SYSdate time stamp.(ddmmyyyyhhmiss) Need compare only sysdate. Time is not required.
2. ln Footer Second column hais the no of rows(without couting Header and footer). I have to verify that.
3. Check for body content of the file (only Header and footer is available)


If any of the above validation fails i have to print INVALID.

If all 3 are valid I need to find the No of Fields present in the body. and print the no of fields

Sample file

0018012011181712
1323fdsgfdgawf00
991

Please help me out.

Thanks
Gatha

Last edited by gatha_vdm; 02-02-2011 at 06:27 AM.. Reason: missed Header row second column
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Old 02-02-2011
Is this homework?
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Old 02-04-2011
In the GNU world.. certain tools like xargs (just an example) no how to deal with null delimited data. But you can always use something like tr to translate them to something else. There are probably other solutions that will work very well in Linux (for example) that aren't necessarily portable...
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