Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi Ravinder,
Note that:

Code:

awk -F'[=|:-]'

sets four field separator characters =, |, :, and -. Each of those characters are matched by the ERE bracket matching expression containing those four characters. If you want to use the two strings = and :- as field separators, leave off the brackets:

Code:

awk -F'=|:-'

which specifies an ERE containing two alternatives with the | separating the alternatives.

Thanks for reminding. I do, but this would be achieved by the subsequent paste. In my comment, I just rewrote three commands of the pipe (cat/grep/grep) into a single one. Applying this to the whole solution - given the other comments on this topic - is trivial.