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# 8  
Old 02-19-2014
hi RudiC

the above is just splitting the M records in to one files and D into another files that is not i expected

i m having all M and D records together ;
for example
Code:
M <form_name>  sdasadasdMklkM
D   ......
D   .....
M  form_name>  sdasadasdMklkM
D   ......
D   .....
D   ......
D   .....       -------------------- till this records it has go to one file and remianing all into another files 
M  form_name>  sdasadasdMklkM
D   ......
M  form_name>  sdasadasdMklkM


Regards
Vijai

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my basic idea is if i get first postion of row is 50 thM record line number, based on (line number - 1 ) till that line i can move records to one file and reamining all into one file

Vijai

Last edited by Franklin52; 02-19-2014 at 09:31 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags for data and code samples
# 9  
Old 02-19-2014
Something like this?
Code:
awk '/^M/{i++}i<=50{print > "fileA"; next}1' file > fileB

# 10  
Old 02-19-2014
Try :
Code:
awk ' BEGIN {cnt=0;i=0}
/^M/ {cnt++}
cnt == 50 {cnt=0;i++}
cnt < 50 {print $0 >> "file"i} ' infile

---------- Post updated at 10:50 AM ---------- Previous update was at 08:36 AM ----------

Quote:
Originally Posted by Franklin52
Something like this?
Code:
awk '/^M/{i++}i<=50{print > "fileA"; next}1' file > fileB

Hey Franklin52, can you please tell me what that "1" is doing over there?
I have always wondered what that does.Smilie
Thanks.
# 11  
Old 02-20-2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by chacko193
Hey Franklin52, can you please tell me what that "1" is doing over there?
I have always wondered what that does.Smilie
Thanks.
An awk statement has the form:

condition {action}

Conditions in awk control the execution of actions and actions are executed when the condition is true.
If the condition is true (1 is true) and there are no actions between braces, awk prints the current record by default.
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