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Old 12-12-2012
Hi vgersh99,

I have test regarding the performance by taking 9.9 GB file with a split of 9 files. Its excellent, you made my day.

Could you please advise on below:
1. eliminating header and trailer record.
2. distinguishing type is not in first column but in 5th column.

Input File looks like below:
Code:
HEADER|DC_MUR_INFILE_TEST_13DEC2012.DAT
0422222222|0422222222|yyyyyyyyyyyy|13/12/2012 9:08:39|M|yyyyyyyyyyyy|01/12/2012|0422222222|25.5
0388888888|0388888888|zzzzzzzzzzz|13/12/2012 9:08:39|M|zzzzzzzzzzz|01/12/2012|0388888888|30.2
0388888888|0388888888|aaaaaaaaaaaa|13/12/2012 9:08:39|M|aaaaaaaaaaaa|01/12/2012|0388888888|20.2
0299999999|0299999999|bbbbbbbbbb|13/12/2012 9:08:39|M|bbbbbbbbbb|01/12/2012|0299999999|50.5
0411111111|0411111111|xxxxxxxxxxxxx|13/12/2012 9:08:39|D|xxxxxxxxxxxxx|0411111111
0422222222|0422222222|yyyyyyyyyyyy|13/12/2012 9:08:39|D|yyyyyyyyyyyy|0422222222
0388888888|0388888888|zzzzzzzzzzz|13/12/2012 9:08:39|D|zzzzzzzzzzz|0388888888
0388888888|0388888888|aaaaaaaaaaaa|13/12/2012 9:08:39|D|aaaaaaaaaaaa|0388888888
0299999999|0299999999|bbbbbbbbbb|13/12/2012 9:08:39|D|bbbbbbbbbb|0299999999
0299999999|0299999999|yasdfasdfasdfasd|13/12/2012 9:08:39|D|yasdfasdfasdfasd|0299999999
0411111111|0411111111|xxxxxxxxxxxxx|13/12/2012 9:08:39|O|xxxxxxxxxxxxx|0411111111|canada
0422222222|0422222222|yyyyyyyyyyyy|13/12/2012 9:08:39|O|yyyyyyyyyyyy|0422222222|canada
0388888888|0388888888|zzzzzzzzzzz|13/12/2012 9:08:39|O|zzzzzzzzzzz|0388888888|USA
0388888888|0388888888|aaaaaaaaaaaa|13/12/2012 9:08:39|O|aaaaaaaaaaaa|0388888888|UK
0299999999|0299999999|bbbbbbbbbb|13/12/2012 9:08:39|O|bbbbbbbbbb|0299999999|Behrain
TRAILER|0000000015

Thanks a lot in advance.
Regards,
Sagar.
Last edited by Franklin52; 12-13-2012 at 03:58 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags for data and code samples
# 16  
Old 12-12-2012
assuming header/footer don't start with numbers...
Code:
awk -F'|' '/^[0-9]/{o="OUTPUT_" $5 ".TXT";print $0 >>o}' INFILE.TXT
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