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# 1  
Old 01-29-2013
Insert | in specific position
Hi ,

I have a file which has line similar to below
Code:
13123324234234234234234234234234234
3454546456dfhgfhgh454645654asdasfsdsddfgdgdfg
345345345mnmnbmnb346mnb4565464564564645645


Not for each line for specific position I need to insert some '|'

Positions are fixed. Like 3,5,9,11
So the above file will be after the parsing
Code:
131|23|3242|34|234234234234234234234234
345|45|4645|6d|fhgfhgh454645654asdasfsdsddfgdgdfg
345|34|5345|mn|mnbmnb346mnb4565464564564645645

Please help on how I can do this.
Last edited by Franklin52; 01-30-2013 at 04:34 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags for data and code samples
# 2  
Old 01-30-2013
use below code

Code:
sed "s/^\(...\)\(...\)\(...\)\(.*\)/\1|\2|\3|\4/g" $file

# 3  
Old 01-30-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by srinivas matta
use below code

Code:
sed "s/^\(...\)\(...\)\(...\)\(.*\)/\1|\2|\3|\4/g" $file

This doesn't give the desired output. Some changes make it work:

Code:
# sed "s/^\(.\{3\}\)\(.\{2\}\)\(.\{4\}\)\(.\{2\}\)\(.*\)/\1|\2|\3|\4|\5/g" anup.txt 
131|23|3242|34|234234234234234234234234
345|45|4645|6d|fhgfhgh454645654asdasfsdsddfgdgdfg
345|34|5345|mn|mnbmnb346mnb4565464564564645645

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# 4  
Old 01-30-2013
Bob's code is correct. I didnt realize that there are 2 and 4 characters. I thought that all the 3 character separations.

Thanks Bob
# 5  
Old 01-30-2013
Code:
awk '{ print substr($0,1,3),substr($0,4,2),substr($0,6,4),substr($0,10,2),substr($0,12); }' OFS=\| file

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Anupam_Halder
# 6  
Old 01-30-2013
thank you all..

I already was trying and found my code is almost similar to what bipinajith posted.
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