Hi, I have file as follows. And i want to remove {,} and ' from the line with :4488: to :-}.
INPUT FILE
:2020:WITCH13288008772
:4488:20131015INR250000,03
:5500:00000060020001752
{Mr. Chintan '
Add1}
. { } Add2
:5518:WITC0000822
-}
OUTPUT FILE
:2020:WITCH13288008772
:4488:20131015INR250000,03
:5500:00000060020001752
Mr. Chintan
Add1
. Add2
:5518:WITC0000822
-}
try
$ awk -F "'" '/^:4488:/{F=1} /^-\}/{F=0} F{gsub(/[{},]/,"");gsub(FS,"")}1 ! F{print}' file
:2020:WITCH13288008772
:4488:20131015INR25000003
:5500:00000060020001752
Mr. Chintan
Add1
. Add2
:5518:WITC0000822
-}
Hello,
An another approach.
awk -vs1="{" -vs2="'" '{sub(s1,X); sub(s2,Y)}1' file_name
Output will be as follows.
:2020:WITCH13288008772
:4488:20131015INR250000,03
:5500:00000060020001752
Mr. Chintan
Add1
. Add2
:5518:WITC0000822
-}
Thanks,
R. Singh
try also:
awk '/^:4488:/,/^[-]}/ {if ($0 !~ /^[-]}$/) gsub(/[\x27{}]/,"")} 1' input
A sed one:
sed "/^:4488:/,/^-}/ {s/[{}']//g;/^-/s/$/}/;}" file
(although it would be much simpler, but for that final }!
just a quick observation...
Did you still need the...
}
...at the end, or...
-}
...or is this a clerical error on your part...
Another sed alternative:
sed -e '/^:4488:/,/^-}/!b' -e '//b' -e "s/[{}']//g"
Regards,
Alister
And another one:
awk -F"[{}']" '/^-}/{r=0} /:4488:/{r=1} r{$1=$1}1' OFS= file
Try
$ cat file
:2020:WITCH13288008772
:4488:20131015INR250000,03
:5500:00000060020001752
{Mr. Chintan '
Add1}
. { } Add2
:5518:WITC0000822
-}
$ awk '!/^-\}/{gsub(/{|}|\x27/,x)}1' file
Resulting
:2020:WITCH13288008772
:4488:20131015INR250000,03
:5500:00000060020001752
Mr. Chintan
Add1
. Add2
:5518:WITC0000822
-}
@pamu he want to retain comma ,
Can you factor the significance of :4488: into your solution?
Thanks Scott ..
$ awk '/:4488:/{f=1} /^-\}/{f=0} f{gsub(/{|}|\x27/,x)}1' file
:2020:WITCH13288008772
:4488:20131015INR250000,03
:5500:00000060020001752
Mr. Chintan
Add1
. Add2
:5518:WITC0000822
-}