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found contro characters at the end of each line in the file.. $
unable to remove it. do i have to rectreate the file?

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Hi RudiC
here is what i have got:

Input File:
Group Name ::-,,,,,,,ADIDAS,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,54,,3607345380247,,,,,,,,,ADIDAS DEO FORCE 150ML&,,,,,,175 ,,,,,,166 ,,,1 ,,,,,166.25

Required output:
ADIDASGroup Name ::-,,,,,,,ADIDAS,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
ADIDAS,54,,3607345380247,,,,,,,,,ADIDAS DEO FORCE 150ML&,,,,,,175 ,,,,,,166 ,,,1 ,,,,,166.25

To get adidas in a avaribale i am using following coomand:
variable=$(grep "Group" F5 | sed 's/Group Name[ ]*//g;s/,//g;s/://g;s/-//g')
works abslty fine. Not to append the value of this variable at the first position o the line m using
awk -v V="$variable" '{$0=V $0}1' F5
Output:

Group Name ::-,,,,,,,ADIDAS,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,54,,3607345380247,,,,,,,,,ADIDAS DEO FORCE 150ML&,,,,,,175 ,,,,,,166 ,,,1 ,,,,,166.25


No control chars.. checked throughout.. crreated a new file issue stil persist

Which OS are you using?

This got fixed.. actually grep was introducing a ^M charater in the variable.
Redirected the grep output in the file. did a dos2unix on the file.. took output from file in a variable and used in awk
thnx everyone specially RudiC. i wd have never thot abt cntrl chrctrs being the showstoppers..

grep would never do that. I suppose that is there in all the fields of your file :P