Formatting output

krock923 · 06-06-2006, 05:32 PM

Hi there, I have a script that telnets into a bunch of switches (using expect) and then outputs the results so that i'm left with an ugly looking text file. I'd like to format this to be publishable under our dokuwiki documentation system (it can just sick the formatted output onto the webserver) but I'm not having much luck. The way I'm trying to do it has sed and cut and grep all over the place with a slew of temporary text files. It's getting ugly. How should I go about this?

jlinkels · 06-07-2006, 02:44 AM

Usually AWK is your friend here. I have seen you don't mention is. The manual is here. It takes a few hours learning time, but it is well spent.

jlinkels

slackie1000 · 06-07-2006, 07:26 AM

hi there,
for columns style files i strong recommend

Code:

man pr

regards,
slackie1000