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Old 08-25-2007
help writing script

hi all
i am having a file(a fixed length file) of 28 bytes.The file has account number from 5th place to next 16 digits.
the file looks like below,

58331600563588885696ACXT5263
58331600563588885697ACXT5263
58331600563588885698ACXT5263

i want to write a script which will extract the account number from 5th palce to length 16 and append ' before and afeter that and , after each line except the last one.
my out put should look like

'600563588885696',
'600563588885697',
'600563588885698'

please help me in writing a shell script
# 2  
Old 08-25-2007
What's the purpose - would appreciate a reply as it sounds like homework. Simple enough though:

cat filename | cut -c6-20 | sed -e"s/^/'/;s/$/'/"

Whoops Smilie didn't see the ',' - your part of the homework? Easy enough as well, but grades should be earned.

Cheers,

Keith
# 3  
Old 08-25-2007
my purpose was to add a ',' after each line except the last one.can u please guide me how to do this
# 4  
Old 08-25-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by kduffin
What's the purpose - would appreciate a reply as it sounds like homework. Simple enough though:

cat filename | cut -c6-20 | sed -e"s/^/'/;s/$/'/"

Whoops Smilie didn't see the ',' - your part of the homework? Easy enough as well, but grades should be earned.

Cheers,

Keith
no need for cat.
Code:
cut -c6-20 filename | sed .....

# 5  
Old 08-25-2007
cut -c "6-20" am|awk '{print "`",$1,"`"}'
kamitsin
# 6  
Old 08-25-2007
how can i add comma after each line except the last one
# 7  
Old 08-25-2007
Code:
cut -c "6-20" am|sed -e"s/^/'/;s/$/',/"|sed '$s/,//'

Cheers,
K
kamitsin
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