control the view of a file

qrshat · 02-17-2006, 08:58 AM

hi,

i want to change the view of the my output in my script. My output file look like as

dbase1 @tosba-2
dbase2 @tosba
dbase3 @172.31.
dbonline @172.31.
dbase17 @172.21.
tosba2 @tosba-2
tosba3 @tosba-2
alpha1200 @172.21.
dbTHQR84 @172.31.

but i want to it looks like as

dbase1 @tosba-2
dbase2 @tosba
dbase3 @172.31.
dbonline @172.31.
dbase17 @172.21.
tosba2 @tosba-2
tosba3 @tosba-2

is there a simple way to perform this.

Thanks

satinet · 02-17-2006, 09:06 AM

how are you getting the output?

grep??

kshkid · 02-17-2006, 09:15 AM

are you grep -ing for all the entries except alpha and dbTH
(or)
just stripping the last two entries

could you please explain?

qrshat · 02-17-2006, 09:25 AM

the problem isn't the result of the output. The problem is the view of the output. I've get a problem with the tab charecter.

i'm using

for ...

do
echo "$value1\t\t$value2\t\t$value3" >>myfile
.
.
.
done

but the view of myfile is't look like as i expect. when i look the file with more or vi,the file looks like as follow

Value Value2 value3
valued value value
valuefdaf value valuefafa

but i want it to looks like as follow
Value value2 value3
valued value value
valuefdaf value valuefafa

thanks.

satinet · 02-17-2006, 09:29 AM

Quote:

Value Value2 value3
valued value value
valuefdaf value valuefafa

but i want it to looks like as follow
Value value2 value3
valued value value
valuefdaf value valuefafa

this is the same!

if you want to show something like that enclose it in quotes.

qrshat · 02-17-2006, 09:47 AM

yes the same.

but i found how i explain. just thinking there is no the .(dot) charecter between value.

the view of the result.

Value....Value2.......... value3
valued.....value............ value
valuefdaf...... value......... valuefafa

the view, i want to create.

Value......Value2........value3
valued.....value.........value
valuefdaf..value.........valuefafa

schneidz · 02-17-2006, 11:44 AM

i had a previous post like this in 'c':

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ghlight=column

qrshat · 02-18-2006, 10:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by schneidz

i had a previous post like this in 'c':

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ghlight=column

yes! exactly what i want to. thanks for your kind.

qrshat · 02-18-2006, 02:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by schneidz

i had a previous post like this in 'c':

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ghlight=column

yes! exactly what i want to. thanks for your kind.

how i use this c code in shell script. is there any way for it?