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RegEx meets curly brace } - not
Hi folks I have - with your help - some code which shortens lines in a file to a specified length MaxLen: k = length while ( k > MaxLen ) { for (m = MaxLen; m > 0; m--) if (substr( $0, m, 1) == " ") break if ( m == 0 ) m = MaxLen print substr($0, 1, m) > Output... -
Cut string to xx char, insert newline at nearest space
CaKiwi - thanks a lot, it works like a charm ! Less code, more functionality ! Am I correctly understanding that the for-loop targets only the statement "if (substr(...) break" ? Did not know that you can assign a new value to $0 - guess I have learned somic tonight ! Thanks Chris -
Cut string to xx char, insert newline at nearest space
I am using GNU Awk 3.1.0 on Windows and have checked the manual of V. 3.1.3. There seems to be no fold command... or am I missing something? thanks -
Cut string to xx char, insert newline at nearest space
I have files with long text strings that need to be cut to a certain length. This is the code I have done so far: 10: MaxLen = 60 # desired length of string 20: LineLen = length($0) 30: if ( length($0) > MaxLen ) { # If $0 >... -
SUB-criteria covering two lines ?
Hi folks Thanks a lot for your replies. Both solutions are working fine! Now I have to choose which one serves best. Thanks! -
SUB-criteria covering two lines ?
Hi I am new to AWK, on Windows, and need to re-format textfiles like this one: :54:any text on one line :86:this text field co vers two lines or ev en more lines :54:here is another text on one line The result should show all lines beginning with :xx: ; the record starting with :86: should...
