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Old 05-27-2015
Replace using awk on fixed width file.
All,

I used to use following command to replace specific location in a fixed width file.

Recently looks like my command stopped working as intended. We are on AIX unix.

Code:
awk 'function repl(s,f,t,v)
{ return substr(s,1,f-1) sprintf("%-*s", t-f+1, v) substr(s,t+1) }
NR<=10 { a=repl($0,474,1,"Y")
  a=repl(a,476,1,"N")
  a=repl(a,478,10,"2011-01-01")
  a=repl(a,489,10,"2011-12-31")
  print a
} 
NR>10 && NR<=20 { a=repl($0,474,1,"N")
  a=repl(a,476,1,"Y")
  a=repl(a,478,10,"2015-01-01")
  a=repl(a,489,10,"2015-12-31")
  print a
}
NR>20 ' filename  > filename.new



Currently the command is replacing incorrectly and the output seems to be wierd layout than the original file.

Appreciate your help on fixing this.
# 2  
Old 05-27-2015
Could you also post an anonymized sample of your input and the intended output...
# 3  
Old 05-27-2015
May I question that your script has ever worked, no matter what the system was? t-f+1 with f=478 and t=1 will yield a negative number not suitable as a width parameter for sprintf. Even if you remove the - sign from the format string, the result is inacceptable, adding about 2000 spaces to each of your lines.
Try
Code:
return substr(s,1,f-1) sprintf("%-*s", t, v) substr(s,f+t) }

and report back on the results.
# 4  
Old 05-27-2015
It looks like your repl function was written to expect FROM and TO values so you should be calling it like this:

Code:
a=repl(a,478,487,"2011-01-01")


Or update repl() to use FROM and LENGTH as RudiC mentioned:

Code:
function repl(s,f,L,v)
{ return substr(s,1,f-1) sprintf("%-*s", L, v) substr(s,f+L) }


Code:
$ printf "%c" {1..9} {0..9} | awk '
function repl(s,f,L,v) { return substr(s,1,f-1) sprintf("%-*s", L, v) substr(s,f+L) }
{print repl($0,8,3,"AB") }'
1234567AB 123456789

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