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Hi


The record contains special characters like .(dot) and with the script you have provided i see that the data is not appended with zeros

What special characters are they, and do this lines start with 2343 or there characters before that?

please find the actual record

1000100 10111110xxxxxxxxxxxx1170 10111116 10111110000000000000000000Y010690 14110114401000001410191461141114740467010690 4001 1014FEsY FPPd ResYEXrEM141101144010000 CHICK-FIL-E FC10114401 PRLEMDP FL 410170000 XS 141114740467 040000000000000006.00040000000000000006.00 000000000000000.00 000000000000000.00 000000000000000.00 000000000000000.00 000000000000000.00 000000000000000.00 000000000000000.00000000000.00001Y1401900001911111 000000000000000.00M000000000000000.00 P0001 1014140190000191117011111004111600000000041040 M0141460740477401 000000000000000.00 1110176141044001E 10111119.141941.1400BKZKH1.YSYS10.9971401

We have 992 characters but wen i use the code i need to be appended with 8 zeros but this does not happen with the code suggested by you. Could you suggest me how to proceed on this ?

Hello akshay, that record does not begin with 2343 and you specified it should only happen to those records... For padding of any record leave out the selective criterion:

Code:

awk '{$0=sprintf("%s%0" w-length "s", $0,x)}1' w=1000 infile

hi

I am using the code as below :

Code:

awk '/^1000100/ {$0=sprintf("%s%0" w-length "s", $0,x)}1' w=1000 infile

BUt this is not wrkin. so am i misssing something ?

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hi

I am using the code as below :

Code:

awk '/^1000100/ {$0=sprintf("%s%0" w-length "s", $0,x)}1' w=1000 infile

since i want only records starting with 1000100 to be appended
BUt this is not wrkin. so am i misssing something ?

That record has 620 characters, not 992. What OS are you on and what isn't working/what output do you get?

hi

I am using a HP solaris OS and my actual data is as below:

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1000100 20111212xxxxxxxxxxxx2114 20111209 20111212000000000000000000Y061499 172001226991 11429101341714009292834061499 3001 1661Shoe Stores 172001226991 JLHNSTLN & MURPHY S LRLANDL FL 328270000 US 714009292834 840000000000000014.91840000000000000014.91 000000000000000.00 000000000000000.00 000000000000000.00 000000000000000.00 000000000000000.00 000000000000000.00 000000000000000.00000000000.00001Y1401980001922177 000000000000000.00 000000000000000.00 P0001 1813140198000191211411121201310400000000289784 N 000000000000000.00 1110276621111822A 20111229.131941.1400BKZ7UZ.TYS10.1081138