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[ILUG] fixed length to tab delimited

[ILUG] fixed length to tab delimited

Paul Jakma paulj at alphyra.ie
Tue Dec 31 13:42:03 GMT 2002


On Tue, 31 Dec 2002, hrishy wrote:

> Hi All
> 
> Is there anyway to convert a fix width file containing
> records to a tab deleimited file..

yes. there are many ways.

eg perl or awk or sed.

now.. go and see if you can come up with an answer and we'll help you 
make it work (if it doesnt).

> somthing like this 
> 
> input
> 
> 1helloworld100
> 2helloworld300
> 13hello     400
> 4world     500
> 5hw        700

that's not fixed width

> 
> output
> 
> 1 helloworld 100
> 2 helloworld  300
> 13 helloworld 400
> 
> regards
> Hrishy
> 

regards,
-- 
Paul Jakma	Sys Admin	Alphyra
	paulj at alphyra.ie
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