On Wednesday 30 Jun 2010 05:29:17 Pad wrote:
> I'm trying to use the logic in my script that allows me to catch a
> line that differs in time by comparing field2 and field3. I managed
> to come up with an input file of this format for my comparison
> purpose:
>
> name1##Thu Oct 18 14:33:23 2007 ## 2007-10-18 14:33:23.000000000
> -0400
> name2##Thu Feb 5 01:13:19 2009 ##2009-02-05 01:13:19.000000000
> -0500
> name3##Sat Jan 24 10:03:37 2009 ##2009-01-24 10:03:37.000000000
> -0500
> name8##Thu Feb 5 01:13:19 2009 ##2007-03-05 01:13:19.000000000
> -0500
> (... 1000s of similar entries)
>
> I don't care about the day. I'm trying to find if fileld2 matches with
> field3 in terms of dd-mon-YYYY HH:MM:SS. If they are not, I would
> like to print the line. Can someone please help me. I tried my feeble
> attempt in re-arranging the third filed but it does n't help me.
>
> In the above example, name1/2/3 are good. But name3 is incorrect. I
> would like to print out the entry if it's possibility. Please note
> "##' is my field separator.
You can use split on /##/ to create an array of fields and then extract those
that you want for each line and process them.
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
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