Reformating File 2

[longs]

Hi All
I am trying to reformat a flat file but im facing a issue
let me explain myself

Orignal File:
010800650022000003190000000+000002ECLPSE BIG E SPEAR000022505 ^M
010800650034000003470000000+000006YORK MINT TIN 000012405 ^M
010800650012546310530000000+000003DENTYNE ICE GUM 000022005 ^M
010800650012546310510000000+000001DENTYNE ICE GUM 000022005 ^M
010800650034000003470000000+000006YORK MINT TIN 000012405 ^M


but when i run a reformat script im losing all the spaces, which i need;
script is as following:

cat file | while read line
do
echo "20084\c" >> newFile.dat
echo $line >> newFile.dat

done


20084010800650022000003190000000+000002ECLPSE BIG E SPEAR000022505 ^M
20084010800650034000003470000000+000006YORK MINT TIN 000012405 ^M
20084010800650012546310530000000+000003DENTYNE ICE GUM 000022005 ^M
20084010800650012546310510000000+000001DENTYNE ICE GUM 000022005 ^M
20084010800650034000003470000000+000006YORK MINT TIN 000012405 ^M

I have tried it with print as well but no luck so far.
I would like to keep the format as the original file.

Thanks for your help in advance

Laters

 

[PHV]

im losing all the spaces
Replace this:
echo $line >> newFile.dat
with this:
echo "$line" >> newFile.dat

Hope This Helps, PH.
FAQ219-2884
FAQ181-2886

 

[longs]

Thanks allot
Perfectly working!!!

 

[columb]

You might do better with sed. Try

sed 's/^/20084/' < file >newFile.dat

This 'replaces' the start of every line (^) with 20084.

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