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# 1  
Old 07-21-2010
Grep result loses formatting
I am searching for a string in a file and then redirecting the contents in another file... however the formatting is not preserved.. Can you please help me on this ...
# 2  
Old 07-21-2010
Hi.

There is no reason the formatting should be changed (when using grep).

Can you please show the command you are using, and a sample of the data?
# 3  
Old 07-21-2010
This is result of grep
Code:
PER QUEUED | NORMAL FINAL CREDIT CR/FIN INACTV LOCKED SKIP ERROR | MISSING
--- ------ | ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ | -------
J28 2 | 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
T01 88 | 34 0 0 0 54 0 0 0 | 0
T10 4 | 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 | 0
T15 6 | 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
--- ------ | ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ | -------
TOT 100 | 43 0 0 0 57 0 0 0 | 0
=== ====== | ====== ====== ====== ====== ====== ====== ====== ====== | =======

Original text
Code:
PER   QUEUED | NORMAL  FINAL CREDIT CR/FIN INACTV LOCKED   SKIP  ERROR | MISSING
---   ------ | ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ | -------
J28        2 |      2      0      0      0      0      0      0      0 |      0
T01       88 |     34      0      0      0     54      0      0      0 |      0
T10        4 |      1      0      0      0      3      0      0      0 |      0
T15        6 |      6      0      0      0      0      0      0      0 |      0
---   ------ | ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ | -------
TOT      100 |     43      0      0      0     57      0      0      0 |      0
===   ====== | ====== ====== ====== ====== ====== ====== ====== ====== | =======

This is command that i m using
grep -A 31 "PROCESS ID" $obj

---------- Post updated at 03:19 PM ---------- Previous update was at 03:03 PM ----------

I think i was doing it wrong its not grep its echo

Code:
grep -A 31 "PROCESS ID" $obj | while read obj2
do
echo $obj2 > filename
done

can you suggest how to work around this.
Last edited by Scott; 07-21-2010 at 06:58 AM.. Reason: Code tags
# 4  
Old 07-21-2010
Smilie

Try quoting the echo...
Code:
grep -A 31 "PROCESS ID" $obj | while read obj2
do
echo "$obj2" > filename
done

# 5  
Old 07-21-2010
Thanks mate it worked...
However i am facing one more problem

Code:
touch -t `date +%m%d0000` /tmp/$$
queued_total=0
processed_total=0
locked_total=0
error_total=0

find /apps/path/reports/ctrl/ -type f -newer /tmp/$$ | grep BIP_ | while read obj
do
echo "$obj">> /apps/path/report_$log_date.log
echo "_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________">> /apps/home/testfit01/report_$log_date.log
grep -E -A 31 "PROCESS ID" "$obj"  | while read obj2
do
if echo $obj2| grep -q "TASK ID:"; then
echo "$obj2">> /apps/path/report_$log_date.log
fi
if echo $obj2| grep -q "TOTAL ACCOUNTS QUEUED"; then
queued=`echo "$obj2" | cut -f2 -d ':'`
queued_total=`expr $queued_total + $queued`
echo "$obj2">> /apps/path/report_$log_date.log
fi
if echo $obj2| grep -q "TOTAL SUCCESSFULLY PROCESSED"; then
echo "$obj2">> /apps/path/report_$log_date.log
processed=`echo "$obj2" | cut -f2 -d ':'`
processed_total=`expr $processed_total + $processed`
fi
if echo $obj2| grep -q "TOTAL LOCKED/SKIPPED"; then
echo "$obj2">> /apps/home/testfit01/report_$log_date.log
locked=`echo "$obj2" | cut -f2 -d ':'`
locked_total=`expr $locked_total + $locked`
fi
if echo $obj2| grep -q "TOTAL IN ERROR"; then
echo "$obj2">> /apps/path/report_$log_date.log
error=`echo "$obj2" | cut -f2 -d ':'`
error_total=`expr $error_total + $error`
echo "_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________">> /apps/home/testfit01/report_$log_date.log
fi
done
echo " ">> /apps/path/report_$log_date.log
echo " ">> /apps/path/report_$log_date.log
done

echo "Total Queued      : $queued_total"
echo "Total Processed   : $processed_total"
echo "Total Locked      : $locked_total"
echo "Total Error       : $error_total"

I am getting 0 for all totals. Can you help.
# 6  
Old 07-23-2010
The data in post #3 does not appear to relate to the script.

Can we see the data file (or files??) containing:

Code:
"PROCESS ID"
"TASK ID:"
"TOTAL ACCOUNTS QUEUED"
"TOTAL SUCCESSFULLY PROCESSED"
"TOTAL LOCKED/SKIPPED"
"TOTAL IN ERROR"

Last edited by methyl; 07-23-2010 at 01:48 PM..
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