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# 1  
Old 08-07-2013
I could use some help with making a script
I run a small instrument lab. We track our user's time on the instruments with a very manual process of 'last wtmp.1' then cut/paste data into spreadsheets. My boss makes the initial spreadsheets then I convert and format them for uploading into our billing software (COReS). Cores is looking for a very specific set of data for each 'charge' in a csv file.
Code:
Primary Comments,Customer Account Number,Transaction Date,Service Description,Quantity,Unit,Price,Service Category,PI's Name,Purchaser's Last Name,Short Contributing Center Name,Resource Name,Line Item Assistant,Line Item Comments

And each "order" is like this-
Code:
600 NMR,201895**********,07/31/13,600 MHz,34.97,Hour,6,600 MHz,Ash,Ash,"""""",600 NMR,"""""",""""""

Currently I get instrument usage data from a small perl script (@ pastebin.com/Zu5pwXHK ) and wtmp. All of our workstations are either Red Hat or CentOS. It's output is-
Code:
  dronnow 40
  dwright3 272
  esoto1 52
  ewhite5 36
  gliu3 327
  gshaw1 382

I'm looking for something that will take our users time on the instrument, add their supervisor (the ASH entry's above) and account number (201895**********) then output all that data into a csv file suitable for uploading into Cores. Any clue where to start?
# 2  
Old 08-07-2013
Don't understand. Pls show input and desired output and explain the logics to get from one to the other.
# 3  
Old 08-07-2013
Thanks for the fast reply!

Input is from the various workstations that users log into, via that perl script. It outputs the username and time in minutes,
Code:
  dronnow 40
  dwright3 272
  esoto1 52
  ewhite5 36
  gliu3 327
  gshaw1 382

I will make another csv file with their details having
Code:
username,supervisor,account_number
dwright3,Creary,327531**********
gliu3,Miller,330198**********

I would like something that takes the user login time and adds each individuals account_number and supervisor, plus what instrument/workstation the time was on (different rates for different instruments). This can probably be accomplished by setting the first variable ($1=Bruker_600) or something.

Output must be like this with a header then usage charges:
Code:
Primary Comments,Customer Account Number,Transaction Date,Service Description,Quantity,Unit,Price,Service Category,PI's Name,Purchaser's Last Name,Short Contributing Center Name,Resource Name,Line Item Assistant,Line Item Comments
600 NMR,201895**********,07/31/13,600 MHz,34.97,Hour,6,600 MHz,Ash,Ash,"""""",600 NMR,"""""",""""""
600 NMR,327531**********,07/31/13,600 MHz,25.25,Hour,6,600 MHz,Creary,Creary,"""""",600 NMR,"""""",""""""
600 NMR,261485**********,07/31/13,600 MHz,33.55,Hour,6,600 MHz,Helquist,Helquist,"""""",600 NMR,"""""",""""""
600 NMR,330198**********,07/31/13,600 MHz,11.48,Hour,6,600 MHz,Miller,Miller,"""""",600 NMR,"""""",""""""

---------- Post updated at 12:57 PM ---------- Previous update was at 12:55 PM ----------

I should add, this only needs to be done once a month. The perl script will run at 0001 on the 1st of the month for last months login data, eg wtmp.1
# 4  
Old 08-07-2013
I still can't see how to get from one to the other. Where is dwright3's 272 ? Where do the other data come from? Are they constants?
# 5  
Old 08-07-2013
Yes, every month the perl script is run outputting

Code:
dwright3 272
esoto1 52
ewhite5 36

Then I need to combine that data with account information (doesnt change, constant)-
Code:
dwright3,Creary,327531**********
etc
etc

to finally get an output.csv that I can upload to our billing software like this
Code:
Primary Comments,Customer Account Number,Transaction Date,Service Description,Quantity,Unit,Price,Service Category,PI's Name,Purchaser's Last Name,Short Contributing Center Name,Resource Name,Line Item Assistant,Line Item Comments
600 NMR,201895**********,07/31/13,600 MHz,34.97,Hour,6,600 MHz,Ash,Ash,"""""",600 NMR,"""""",""""""

---------- Post updated at 01:22 PM ---------- Previous update was at 01:14 PM ----------

OHHH!! Maybe the output file is confusing, since it's not representative of the data given.

A sample of the output for dwright3 would be

Code:
600 NMR,327531**********,07/31/13,600 MHz,4.53,Hour,6,600 MHz,Creary,dwright3 ,"""""",600 NMR,"""""",""""""

# 6  
Old 08-07-2013
Again, what about dwright3's 272 coming from your perl script?
# 7  
Old 08-07-2013
Code:
username  time_in_minutes
dwright3 272
esoto1 52
ewhite5 36

The time gets put into the Quantity field of the output.csv
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