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Old 08-13-2012, 05:29 AM   #1
anshaa
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Cut and minimise the length


hi,

Need unix code to cut the following example. The third filed shuld have oly 10 characters in total

[Code]
file..

123|test|testing12345612123|break
123|test|testing12378912|break
123|test|testing12345613213122|break

[\Code]

ouput..

[Code]
123|test|testing123|break
123|test|testingbre|break
123|test|testingdes|break
[\Code]

Last edited by anshaa; 08-13-2012 at 05:55 AM.
 
Old 08-13-2012, 05:55 AM   #2
anshaa
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awk -F\| '{$3=substr($3,1,10)}1' OFS=\| infile
 
  


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