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Old 08-19-2009
File Validation
Hi All,


I am new to UNIX scripting.
I need to validate a file. I need to check whether the file has a header , detail records and footer.

If all the file is good I need to create a status file with the status 'Y' else 'N'.



I have pasted the an example of the file below:

Code:
H:2009-07-24 10:42:07
2614| |21|||| |7976 Jytc Nl |Henderson NV |89011||1| |
26698| |50|||| |6624 Xhxdxll Ays |Arvada CO |80005||| |
67527| |11|N||| |73809 Jydlfxvby Nl |Sepulveda CA |91343||| |
68660| |777|||| |77822 HYVJUDL YHX |SYLMAR CA |91342||| |
69035| |15|||| |477 N Rxvldx Nl |San Pedro CA |90731||| |
74680| |62|||| |1516 V 62lf Jt |Scottsdale AZ |85257||| |
75661| |70|||| |217 Kpdd Uye Rl |Virginia Beach VA |23454||| |
77302| |72|||| |611 Tyvrx Gd |Newport News VA |23601||| |
77990| |74|||| |9291 CrZpbdx Gd |Richmond VA |23224||| |
80003| |77|||| |1493 Kdxvlauug Rbd |Richmond VA |23237||D| |
T:000000010



Please Advice.

Thanks
Kumar66

Last edited by vgersh99; 08-19-2009 at 02:34 PM.. Reason: code tags, PLEASE!
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Old 08-19-2009
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# 3  
Old 08-19-2009
Hi Vgersh99,

Sorry for that.

Thanks ,
Kumar66
# 4  
Old 08-19-2009
Hi Kumar,

Code:
 

$cat > filevalidate.sh
#!/bin/ksh
 
FILENAME=${1}
FILECOUNT=`cat ${FILENAME} | wc -l`
COUNT=`expr ${FILECOUNT} - 2`
if [ `head -1 ${FILENAME} | cut -c 1` = H ]
then
        if [ `tail -1 ${FILENAME} | cut -c 1` = T ] && [ ${COUNT} -eq `tail -1 ${FILENAME} | cut -d ":" -f2`  ]
        then
                echo "Valid file"
        else
                echo "Invalid file(T)"
        fi
else
        echo "Invalid file(H)"
fi

$./filevalidate.sh testfile

Last edited by scripter.online; 08-19-2009 at 06:30 PM..
# 5  
Old 08-20-2009
Hi Scripter,

Thanks a lot for your kindly help.

Thanks & Regards,
Kumar66
# 6  
Old 08-20-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by kumar66
Hi Scripter,

Thanks a lot for your kindly help.

Thanks & Regards,
Kumar66

You are most welcome
 
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