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  1. ChrB

    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...
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    • Forum: AWK
  2. ChrB

    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 >...
    • ChrB
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    • Forum: AWK
  3. ChrB

    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...
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