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Old 10-24-2011
awk script for getting the selected records from a file.
Hello,

I have attached one file named file.txt .
I have to create a file using the awk script with the records in which 38th position is P and not V .

ex
it should have
00501 HOLTSVILLE NYP00501

and it should not include
00501 I R S SERVICE CENTER NYV00501

Thanks!
file.txt (315 Bytes) 
# 2  
Old 10-24-2011
Code:
$ perl -ne 'print if m/^.{37}P/' infile
00501  HOLTSVILLE                  NYP00501
00544  HOLTSVILLE                  NYP00544
00601  ADJUNTAS                    PRP00601

# 3  
Old 10-24-2011
Or:
Code:
awk 'substr($0,38,1)=="P"' file

# 4  
Old 10-25-2011
Thanks, its working..
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