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# 1  
Old 12-10-2008
file parsing
hi experts,

i have two files as fileA and fileB

fileA
=====
"assembly_warehouse";"product_code";"sequence_number";"expiry_date";"component_whouse";"component_co de"
"01";"3013000005 ";"0030";"2099/12/31";"01";"1001110002 "
"01";"3013000005 ";"0040";"2099/12/31";"01";"1001120002 "
"01";"3013000005 ";"0050";"2099/12/31";"01";"1001130001 "
"01";"3013000005 ";"0060";"2099/12/31";"01";"1013020005 "

fileB
=====
"assembly_warehouse","product_code","sequence_number","expiry_date"
"01","3013000005 ","0030",2099-12-31 00:00:00
"01","3013000005 ","0040",2099-12-31 00:00:00
"01","3013000005 ","0050",2099-12-31 00:00:00
"01","3013000005 ","0060",2099-12-31 00:00:00

can you please give an idea to make a format file which is used to output a file from datafile fileA which is similar to fileB.

please help me regarding the same.

Thanks in advance.

Subhendu
# 2  
Old 12-10-2008
This looks like an assignment..
Code:
man awk

# 3  
Old 12-10-2008
you can try this!!!

Code:
awk -F";" '/\//{gsub("/","-",$4)}NR==1{print $1","$2","$3","$4}NR>1{print $1","$2","$3","$4"00:00:00"}' filename|awk -F"," 'BEGIN{OFS=","}NR>1&&$4 ~ /\"/{gsub("\""," ",$4)}{print $0}'

Last edited by vidyadhar85; 12-10-2008 at 04:40 PM..
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