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# 8  
Old 06-30-2016
yes If I used direct in unix its working fine
if I used same stmts in shell script its giving AM/22/2016 14:48:44
# 9  
Old 06-30-2016
Quote:
Originally Posted by Raghureds
yes If I used direct in unix its working fine
if I used same stmts in shell script its giving AM/22/2016 14:48:44
well... maybe the problem is in the script?
# 10  
Old 07-01-2016
i'm using same in shell script I placed $variable in place of 06/22/2016 14:48:44

---------- Post updated at 01:09 AM ---------- Previous update was at 12:00 AM ----------

Code:
echo ',750,0000000000000000GCJR, ,$date_value' | \
   awk '{
      split($NF,a,":"); pm=int(a[1]/12)
      if (pm) a[1]=sprintf("%02d",a[1]%12)
      $NF=a[1]":"a[2]":"a[3] OFS ((pm)?"PM":"AM") 
   }1'

im using above stmt but its not working any idea please

---------- Post updated at 01:53 AM ---------- Previous update was at 01:09 AM ----------

in shell script im assigning value to ldr_dt vaiable then passing as below

Code:
echo $lrd_dt|\
   awk '{
      split($NF,a,":"); pm=int(a[1]/12)
      if (pm) a[1]=sprintf("%02d",a[1]%12)
      $NF=a[1]":"a[2]":"a[3] OFS ((pm)?"PM":"AM")
   }1'

Out put : PM22/2016 02:48:44

but I need output like this 06/22/2016 02:48:44 PM



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Last edited by RudiC; 07-01-2016 at 04:15 AM.. Reason: Added code tags.
# 11  
Old 07-01-2016
Might be a DOS (<CR>, \r, 0x0D) line terminator? Please post a hexdump of the result.

What exactly is the contents of the lrd_dt variable?
# 12  
Old 07-01-2016
lrd_dt contains 06/22/2016 14:48:44
Last edited by RudiC; 07-01-2016 at 04:30 AM..
# 13  
Old 07-01-2016
Code:
echo "$lrd_dt" |\

# 14  
Old 07-01-2016
Code:
echo $lrd_dt
06/22/2016 02:48:44

Code:
echo $lrd_dt | od -c
0000000    0   6   /   2   2   /   2   0   1   6       0   2   :   4   8
0000020    :   4   4  \r  \n
0000025

Code:
$ echo $lrd_dt|   awk '{
      split($NF,a,":"); pm=int(a[1]/12)
      if (pm) a[1]=sprintf("%02d",a[1]%12)
      $NF=a[1]":"a[2]":"a[3] OFS ((pm)?"PM":"AM")
   }1'
 AM22/2016 02:48:44

Code:
echo $lrd_dt|   awk '{
      sub(/\r/, "")
      split($NF,a,":"); pm=int(a[1]/12)
      if (pm) a[1]=sprintf("%02d",a[1]%12)
      $NF=a[1]":"a[2]":"a[3] OFS ((pm)?"PM":"AM")
   }1'

Code:
06/22/2016 02:48:44 AM

or

Code:
echo $$lrd_dt|   awk '{
      split($NF,a,":"); pm=int(a[1]/12)
      if (pm) a[1]=sprintf("%02d",a[1]%12)
      $NF=a[1]":"a[2]":"sub(/\r/, "", a[3]) OFS ((pm)?"PM":"AM")
   }1'

Code:
06/22/2016 02:48:1 AM

Last edited by Aia; 07-01-2016 at 11:46 AM..
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