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Old 11-14-2011
awk printf in required format
Hi

my awk variable $0 contains the below data
Code:
Input file
000001  The Data
000002* The line 2
000003* The line3

Code:
output file Req
000001*  The Data
000002** The line 2
000003** The line3

one * at column seven needs to be appended to the  input lines,

# 2  
Old 11-14-2011
Expecting this ...
Code:
$ awk '{print $1"*",$2,$3}' infile

This User Gave Thanks to jayan_jay For This Post:
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# 3  
Old 11-14-2011
thanks jayan and thanks alot to all the unix forum users, really great help

this is the actual code by vgersh , https://www.unix.com/302572282-post21.html
Code:
iam want to get the output in 
printf("*%s\n%s\n", f2[FNR],$0)

000001* this is line 1
000002** this is line2

how can we break the f2[FNR], can we use regular expressions in awk because in my case the first 6 characters are numeric or spaces
# 4  
Old 11-14-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by rakeshkumar
thanks jayan and thanks alot to all the unix forum users, really great help

this is the actual code by vgersh , https://www.unix.com/302572282-post21.html
Code:
iam want to get the output in 
printf("*%s\n%s\n", f2[FNR],$0)

000001* this is line 1
000002** this is line2

how can we break the f2[FNR], can we use regular expressions in awk because in my case the first 6 characters are numeric or spaces
Hmm... I don't follow what you actually want. Is this it?:
Code:
sub(space, "*&", f2[FNR])
sub(space, "**&")
printf("%s\n%s\n", f2[FNR],$0)

Last edited by vgersh99; 11-14-2011 at 11:46 AM..
# 5  
Old 11-14-2011
Code:
my input line is 
000001  this is line1
printf("*%s",f2[FNR]); this prints below output
*000001  this is line 1
## but i want to format the output like ##
000001* this is line1
FYI : 1 to 6 columns contains line numbers , * at 7th column means code is commented.

# 6  
Old 11-14-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by rakeshkumar
Code:
my input line is 
000001  this is line1
printf("*%s",f2[FNR]); this prints below output
*000001  this is line 1
## but i want to format the output like ##
000001* this is line1
FYI : 1 to 6 columns contains line numbers , * at 7th column means code is commented.

Check the code posted previously for you previously mentioned thread - it does what you're after.
 
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