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# 8  
Old 10-29-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by vikas027
hey,
This didnt made any file, not even a blank one.
Thanks.
Sorry 'bout that - some awk's increment pre-increment ops don't seem to work the way they supposed to.
Code:
awk '/SERVER/{if (n++) close(output); output= f n} n {print >> output }' f=/vikas/list /vikas/final

On Solaris - use 'nawk' or '/usr/xpg4/bin/awk'
# 9  
Old 10-29-2007
Code:
nawk '/^SERVER/ { 
	close(f); f = "/vikas/list" ++c 
	} 
{ 
	print > f 
}' /vikas/final

# 10  
Old 10-31-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by vgersh99
Sorry 'bout that - some awk's increment pre-increment ops don't seem to work the way they supposed to.
Code:
awk '/SERVER/{if (n++) close(output); output= f n} n {print >> output }' f=/vikas/list /vikas/final

On Solaris - use 'nawk' or '/usr/xpg4/bin/awk'

hello friend,

this command is only making two files list1 & list2.

Thanks.
# 11  
Old 10-31-2007
works fine with 3 (and more) 'SERVER' lines...
# 12  
Old 11-01-2007
Bug Hi All
Hi,

I tried lots of commands including the above ones. They all run fine on Linux machines
BUT not on the solaris machines, dont know the reason behind it.

Anyways, MANY MANY THANKS to all for your time and help. I found this command to work perfectly.

Code:
/usr/xpg4/bin/awk '/SERVER/{n++}{print > f n}' f=/vikas/list /vikas/final

Thanks again.
# 13  
Old 11-01-2007
Can anyone pleasee explain me how the command is interpreted. Thanks alot in advance
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