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Ygor, Your awk command worked perfectly.... I really appreciate the response and assistance Len

Here is the results of sed command on file $ echo $var4 lendennissri $ sed '/THR/{x;s/^/$var4/;G;}' $file > $file.new FNR 0 0 20030227081712 out $var4 THR 0 0 ST M is there any other syntax I am not using ??? thanks for the help Len

Hauter I have tried your code exactly with the apostrophe after the /THR/ and without and I get no results Is there any other syntax that I need to use ??? example $ perl -i.tmp -p -e print '$var4\n' if /THR/' $file.tmp I even tried different entries another example with results $ perl...

I have inserted text in a line with no problem but i am lost when trying to put a variable example (A$) in a line of a file example perl -i.tmp -p -e 'print "$A$\n" if /THR/' $file.tmp the line show up blank but inserted before THR the variable is loaded right before this line of...

Could you explain the $0 variable ??? also are the {'s to be used or are these for editting purposes ?? Thanks, len

I have a file where I am reading through directories then files. I read each line and find a match = THR I want to insert a line before only this in the file. I have tried different perl commands -i but only get blank lines to appear. thanks, for any assistance Len Turnbull

Sorry, Andy but I was not thinking ... While running this script I got a 127 error back from RS6000 in a log. Thanks, Len

I am using a current FTP script and trying to attach a generic script to send to multiple locations based on flags and counters. I want to add it at the time that FTPing takes place but I am getting an error. I am not sure I am setting up the 2nd script properly. Example :ftpscript >$FTPLOG...

This works if I am printing to the screen. Example var1=RECKFTP204 and print shows RECKFTP204 if I echo "var1 > [$var1]" it shows the [RECKFTP204 ] but when I pass it to the line in the file it only shows RECKFTP204 (one space) and no padding. Am I doing something wrong or do I...

vgersh99, I keep getting the diplay with the "[" at each end. Am I being to literate in following the setup of variables. I want to be to utlize this information and put it in a work file as a variable. Thanks for the quick response Len

I am trying to build one variable from information gathered in a script. example: var1=abcdedfg need to pad this to 15 characters var2=file name need to pad this to 256 characters var3="set id" (3chars always) var1 and var2 can change all the time I want to be able to...

I am attempting to collect data and format one variable. I have SYS + var1 (could be up to 15char) + var2 (could be up to 256char). The var2 is a file name and can have from 1 to 256 chars. I am putting this scenario together and inserting it at the beggining of each line to pass to another...

Vgersh99, yes you answered last week. I got the file to split with the script you sent. So when you say the current processing file is refered by the internal variable FILENAME. Can I pass it into the awk -f line to have it be the file name that is generated by the awk script ???? Am I clear...

I am using this in a RS6000 Aix environment. The application id is splitxxx.awk One other thing I have a question on since I pass the file into this script. Is the file name available to use when the line print > outfile is in play ??? I wonder if I need to set a filename var in the Begin ...

I am splitting information inside a script and want to establish a file name from data read. Right now I have a script that separates and fills a file but the file name is one I create. In the file I am reading the 2nd text line(record) has the 9th field that I want to id the file. I am...