Awk limitation

Raynon · September 20, 2007, 5:00am

Hi All,

I have an awk code below.
I have an input file which has a line which has a last field with about 4000 characters and it pop up an error stated below. It is too much for awk to take ?

Awk Code:
{if( $NF == "2007" && $1 == "**" ) LINE = $0;}
END{printf("%20s\n",LINE); }

Error:
$nawk -f getfull_line_awk myinputfile
nawk: input record `0017c C12efusecntl0 ...' too long
input record number 2795, file myinputfile source line number 1

ghostdog74 · September 20, 2007, 5:43am

show the whole code. also show a sample of the input file as well as describe the output that you are expecting

Raynon · September 20, 2007, 6:11am

This is actually the full code.
My aim is to capture the last occurence of such a pattern eg: ** sdcs sdcs ssdsd 2007

Awk Code:
{if( $NF == "2007" && $1 == "**" ) LINE = $0;}
END{printf("%20s\n",LINE); }

Input:

** xxx yyy gg 44 tt uuu 2007
** gg= 1489 xx= 10130
**********************************
0099c C2efusecntl0 read_fail_count 0
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0099c C21efusecntl0 read_prog_sec 800000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
0099c C21efusecntl0 read_fuse_count 0
0099c C21efusecntl0 read_fuse_sec 800000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
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*******************************************************************
** eee eee ee ee ee eee 2007
** gg= 1489 xx= 10130

Expected output:
** eee eee ee ee ee eee 2007

Raynon · September 20, 2007, 6:19am

Input:
*******************************************************************
** xxx yyy gg 44 tt uuu 2007
** gg= 1489 xx= 10130
**********************************
0017c C12efusecntl0 read_fail_count 0
0017c C12efusecntl0 read_rr_length 16016
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0017c failed 20398 1 acc_failcount 25 20555 P13
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*******************************************************************
** eee eee ee ee ee eee 2007
** gg= 1489 xx= 10130
**********************************

ghostdog74 · September 20, 2007, 8:01am

you want to get : ** eee eee ee ee ee eee 2007 right?
i have no problem with your code:

# ./test.sh
** eee eee ee ee ee eee 2007

i use gawk. Is it always the last 3rd record ? If it is,

awk '
{  
   last3=last2
   last2=save
   save=$0
}END {
   print last3
}' "file"

output:

./testnew.sh
** eee eee ee ee ee eee 2007

sezhil80 · September 20, 2007, 8:01am

hi,

Try using nawk.
I faced similar problem which is sorted after using nawk.

nawk 'BEGIN {LINE =0} if( $NF == "2007" && $1 == "**" ) {LINE = $0}
END{printf("%20s\n",LINE)}'

hope this will work.

Raynon · September 20, 2007, 8:13am

Hi Ghostdog,

You mean you can get the expected output with my 2nd input which has the "0017c" term ? Make sure the zeros comes after "0017c C12efusecntl0 read_rr" in your try out. EG -> "0017c C12efusecntl0 read_rr 000......."
If you copy and paste the input straight from the screen here, you will not get the input right.

And sorry it is not always the last 3 line. It is random.

ghostdog74 · September 20, 2007, 8:21am

yes here the input:

more file
*******************************************************************
** xxx yyy gg 44 tt uuu 2007
** gg= 1489 xx= 10130
**********************************
0017c C12efusecntl0 read_fail_count 0
0017c C12efusecntl0 read_rr_length 16016
0017c C12efusecntl0 read_rr 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000
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FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
FFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFF
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
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FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFF0
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FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
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FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF F
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFF
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
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0017c failed 20398 1 acc_failcount 25 20555 P13
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FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFF
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
FFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF F
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFF
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
FFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
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*******************************************************************
** eee eee ee ee ee eee 2007
** gg= 1489 xx= 10130
**********************************

the code:

#  more testnew.sh
#!/bin/sh

awk '{if( $NF == "2007" && $1 == "**" ) LINE = $0;}
END{printf("%20s\n",LINE); }' "file"

output:

# ./testnew.sh
** eee eee ee ee ee eee 2007

Raynon · September 21, 2007, 1:20am

Hi Ghostdog,

I notice that the input file has spaces in between the strings of zeros and F's. The string should be continuous. Can you try again ?

I am stil experiencing the same error.

Raynon · September 22, 2007, 3:32am

Hi can anybody help ?

system · September 22, 2007, 3:54am

even if you trim the spaces between zero's and F's the following code posted by ghostdog works perfectly .

/home/kamitsin>cat in
#!/bin/sh

awk '{if( $NF == "2007" && $1 == "**" ) LINE = $0;}
END{printf("%20s\n",LINE); }' "input"

Output:

Perderabo · September 22, 2007, 5:52am

Threads like this are why folks need to mention what version of Unix is in use. awk can only support finite input lines. How long those lines can be varies from system to system. Posix says it must be at least LINE_MAX which is a constant that must appear in limits.h and that must be at least 2048. Some version of Unix can handle 4000 character lines while others can't.

Raynon · September 22, 2007, 11:46am

Hi Perderabo,

I am using Solaris. Do you know the limits for Solaris ?

Raynon · September 23, 2007, 4:03am

Hi ,

If there really exist a limitation, how can i edit my code to make it work ?

reborg · September 23, 2007, 8:42am

You could try nawk, it may have an extended limit, I can't remember off hand. Otherwise:

Install gawk from sunfreeware.com
If 1 is not an option, rewite the affected part in perl.

Raynon · September 23, 2007, 10:28am

Hi reborg,

I am not familiar with perl.
Can you help to create a similar code in perl ?

AnswerGuy · September 23, 2007, 3:39pm

If you're going to be a UNIX/Linux scripting professional you're going to encounter lots of tools which were written decades ago with hard-coded limits that, by today's standards, are pathetic.

Your choices often boil down to: find a work-around or install more modern and less limited tools (such as the GNU utilities). Sometimes the work-around may entail writing a small utility of your own, in C.

As noted elsewhere in this thread you could install the GNU version of awk (called gawk) or you could use Perl. Both of these are written to avoid hard-coded limits wherever possible. They dynamically allocate memory and re-size their allocations and use the data types which are suitable for the underlying OS for numeric limits (so some things may be limited to 32-bit values on a 32-bit platform, etc).

Other work-arounds depend quite a bit on the problem at hand.

For example, in your code:

It might be possible for you to use grep filter out all of the lines that start with ** (a literal pair of asterisk characters) and feed just those through your (limited version of) awk. Obviously that will only work if the lines beginning with ** are smaller than this 4000 character limitation; and assuming that your version of grep can cope with longer lines.

Similar workarounds might be possible by prefiltering with sed or cut (if the stuff you cut out of the long lines isn't needed in the results), etc.

JimD
(former Linux Gazette AnswerGuy)

Raynon · September 24, 2007, 2:05am

Hi,

First option of installation of newer version of awk is out because i cannot administer/control the whole system.
I tried to use grep "**" myinputfile but it seems to produce the whole input file again which is very strange

Can anybody provide me with a perl code which as a similar function as my awk code ?

Raynon · September 25, 2007, 5:12am

Hi ,

Can any experts provide me with some advice on this perl code?

Raynon · September 26, 2007, 3:33am

Hi ,

Anybody can help me with this by providing me a perl code?