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# 8  
Old 12-13-2011
That "sed -n l" output is so weird. There does not seem to be any line terminators (they should show as dollar signs).
If you try a similar command on say your shell script file you will see what I mean (unless you have a funny "sed"). The line terminators must be in the file or we wouldn't be able to read the file with "sed".

If you have a manual for the product, perhaps that will explain the formatting issue. Or can you contact the authors of the product?
Last edited by methyl; 12-13-2011 at 08:52 AM..
# 9  
Old 12-13-2011
Paste the output of cat -A <filename>. Lets see...

--ahamed
# 10  
Old 12-13-2011
Or if you haven't got "cat -A":
Code:
cat -ve $LOGFILE5

# 11  
Old 12-13-2011
cat -A isn't available. It's a solaris 10 U8 ...:

Code:
root@blnace302> cat -ve /tmp/mylog5
Date              Id     Device            Component         Type              $
----------------- ------ ----------------- ----------------- ----------------- $
2011-07-15        404869 blnace302-ST6140_ Tray.85.PowerSupp Problem           $
10:20:27                 2-1247769116      ly.A                                $
                         (StorageTek 6140)                                     $
2011-07-15        404872 blnace302-ST6140_ Tray.85.PowerSupp ProblemClearEvent $
10:25:27                 2-1247769116      ly.A                                $
                         (StorageTek 6140)                                     $
2011-10-25        463900 blnace302-ST6140_ Tray.85.PowerSupp Problem           $
12:24:13                 1-1247766974      ly.B                                $
                         (StorageTek 6140)                                     $
2011-10-25        463913 blnace302-ST6140_ Tray.85.PowerSupp ProblemClearEvent $
12:54:13                 1-1247766974      ly.B                                $
                         (StorageTek 6140)                                     $
root@blnace302>

# 12  
Old 12-13-2011
Seems to be fixed length 80-character records.
Those who write awk programs should be able to re-assemble the error line.
It's not impossible in Shell script.

Still pursue getting the program to output in a machine-readable format.
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# 13  
Old 12-13-2011
I came up with this... see if it helps...
Code:
...
$LSSCS list -t Problem -f PowerSupply event >>$LOGFILE1 2>&1
...
awk '/^Date|^-/{next}
function myprint()
{       
        for(i=1;i<=j;i++) x=x" "a[i]
        for(i=1;i<=j;i++) x=x" "b[i]
        for(i=1;i<=j;i++) x=x c[i]; x=x" "
        for(i=1;i<=j;i++) x=x d[i]; x=x" "
        for(i=1;i<=j;i++) x=x e[i]
        print x; j=0;x=""
}       
/^[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]/&&j>0{myprint()}
{
        a[++j]=substr($0,1,17);gsub(" *$","",a[j])
        b[j]=substr($0,19,7);gsub(" *$","",b[j])
        c[j]=substr($0,26,18);gsub(" *$","",c[j])
        d[j]=substr($0,44,18);gsub(" *$","",d[j])
        e[j]=substr($0,62,18);gsub(" *$","",e[j])
}
END{myprint()} ' $LOGFILE1

--ahamed
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# 14  
Old 12-14-2011
Hello ahamed,

thx so far, but since i'm not so familiar with awk syntax i can just send the errormessage, 'set -x' does not offer more than ...:
Code:
...
END{myprint()}  /opt/scripts/NA04913772/a1.log
awk: syntax error near line 2
awk: bailing out near line 2
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