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Another script regarding the same file Script:awk 'NR%3 == 1 {s = $0} NR%3 == 2 {print s > ("file_" ($1 ~ /1$/ ? 1 : 2))} ' file I have a file (A.txt) with below data (it's not sample, i will always have five lines of data) but they are timestamps and the second and fifth lines (H180620081 &...

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Hi PH, I was trying something like below (I am a Business Objects Developer and I am very new to scripting) awk 'substr($1,length($1))="1"{$(NF+1)="XXXX"}' file Thanks again

Hello all I have a file with below data, I need to add a third column as XXXX if the first coloumn (H180620081) last number is "1" and YYYY if the first coloumn last number is "2" Can it be done with AWK, I would appreciate if anyone could help me ou with this. H180620081 31310 H180620082...

THANK YOU PHV and LKBrwnDBA, you guys are wonderful, thanks again.

Hello PH, Below is the real content of F.txt STRT ~ 5~NEWPORT NEWS ~VA ~23606 ~TM14~8506~1485 STRT ~ A~NEWPORT NEWS ~VA ~23602 ~TM15~8802~1588 STRT ~ ~NEWPORT NEWS ~VA ~23602 ~TM15~9002~1590 STRT ~ ~POQUOSON ~VA ~23662 ~TM17~8362~1783 STRT ~ ~POQUOSON...

The output doesn't change, it is same as the input file even after running the above script for assigning field names and Header to the file. STRT~ VA ~23662 ~TM17~8362~1783 STRT~ VA ~23662 ~TM17~8362~1783 STRT~ VA ~23662 ~TM17~8362~1783 STRT~ VA ~23662 ~TM17~8362~1783 (input file) Thank you UD

Thank you PH, I ran the script, but get expected output, may be I am doing it wrong (I am very new to Unix scripting) awk ' /page /{ print "------------------HEADER-------------------" print "--A------B------C--------D------E-----F----(Field names)" } { print }' F.txt > H.txt Thanks again

Hello, Please HELP I have a text file in below format, how can I put a header and assign field names to the file with either AWK or SED. STRT~ VA ~23606 ~TM14~8506~1485 (page 1) STRT~ VA ~23662 ~TM17~8362~1783 (page 2) STRT~ VA ~23662 ~TM17~8362~1783 STRT~ VA ~23662 ~TM17~8362~1783 STRT~...

Thank you PH I am gonna run my script through KSH and send the text file to a particular location, so that the users could print out the file. Thanks

Thanks for you reply Annihilannic, by page break I meant, when I print the report each group after the sort should be printed in a different page. I am very new to AWK, I am not even sure if that could be done or not. Thanks again

Thank you, I got the sort working, but the page break isn't. Thanks again for your help

Hello, I have a text file like below example, I would like to do a sort by the last field and put a page break after each group How can I do this using sed or awk VA 23602 TM15 8802 1588 VA 23606 TM14 8506 1486 VA 23662 TM17 8362 1783 VA 23662 TM17 8362 1588 VA 23188 TM60 9188 6091 VA...

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Hello all I have a file and I oly want lines starting with a certain character ex: 'S' how do I do it in Awk or Sed start xxxxxxxx stop xxxxxxxxx 1234 xxxxxxx start xxxxxxx Thank you