[SOLVED] awk script that will convert such a line to an LDAP record in this format

KaRt · 07-27-2012, 05:40 AM

Input line:Username:Firstname:Lastname:Telephone number

record output:

dn: uid=Username, dc=example, dc=com
cn: Firstname Lastname
sn: Lastname
telephoneNumber: Telephone number

pixellany · 07-27-2012, 05:47 AM

What is the question??
From the title, we can GUESS that you have some data that you want to convert to the format shown.---If so, then you need to show us what the data looks like.

KaRt · 07-27-2012, 05:53 AM

Input line:Username:Firstname:Lastname:Telephone number

druuna · 07-27-2012, 05:58 AM

Code:

awk -F: '{ print "dn: uid="$1", dc=example, dc=com" ; print "cn: "$2, $3 ; print "sn: "$3 ; print "telephoneNumber: "$4 ; print "" }' infile

KaRt · 07-27-2012, 06:03 AM

thanks druuna its worked