Loop through fields in tex file

[netherxx]

Hi All,

I need some help with looping through fields in a text file.
The text file is in the following format:

{field 1}{field 2}{field 3}{field 4}{field 5}{field 6}{field 7}{field 8}

I know that in awk there is the field separator options (FS), but i have tried it with "{" and "}{" but i cannot get it to work.

I need to search the text file to find a specific field and then do something with that field (compare the value).

can anybody help me with this?

 

[feherke]

Hi

i have tried it with "{" and "}{" but i cannot get it to work.

Well, I can. Of course, the field values needs some cleanup after the splitting.

But I would set [tt]FS[/tt] to [tt][{}]+[/tt] and use it with another compromise : ignore the extra fields at both ends of the record. ( They will appear because the record starts and ends with separator. )

[blue]master #[/blue] echo '{field 1}{field 2}{field 3}{field 4}{field 5}{field 6}{field 7}{field 8}' | mawk -F '[{}]+' '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++)print"field #"i" is "$i}'
field #1 is 
field #2 is field 1
field #3 is field 2
field #4 is field 3
field #5 is field 4
field #6 is field 5
field #7 is field 6
field #8 is field 7
field #9 is field 8
field #10 is

Tested with [tt]mawk[/tt] and [tt]gawk[/tt].

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/