From: mohammed chafik <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

: Hi all,
: 
: I have input file like this:
: --------------------------------------------------------------
: ----------
: header, 06-12-2004, path,
: /usr/bin/sh,attribute,100555,root,other,315,565690,
: subject,bscs,sgrp,9936,6785,0 0,return,success,0 (line1)
: 
: header, 06-12-2004, path, /usr/bin/sh,attribute,100555,dba,5,
: subject,bscs,sgrp,9936,6785,0 ,return,success,0 (line2)
: 
: header, 06-12-2004, path,
: /usr/bin/sh,attribute,100555,tom,other,315,56,11,54,77,10,88,
: subject,bscs,sgrp,9936,6785,0 0,return,success,0 (line3)
: --------------------------------------------------------------
: ---------

    Is the "subject" field always the second to last filed?

 
: I need to generate an output file like this (deleting fields
: between attribute and subject, please
: note that number of those fields is variable):
: --------------------------------------------------------------
: ---------------------
: header, 06-12-2004, path, /usr/bin/sh,
: subject,bscs,sgrp,9936,6785,0 0,return,success,0 (line1)
: 
: header, 06-12-2004, path, /usr/bin/sh,
: subject,bscs,sgrp,9936,6785,0 0,return,success,0   (line 2)
: 
: header, 06-12-2004, path, /usr/bin/sh,
: subject,bscs,sgrp,9936,6785,0 0,return,success,0    (line 3)
: --------------------------------------------------------------
: ---------------------


    What determines the extra spacing that appears between
the "subject" field and the last fields (" (line1)",
"   (line2)", "    (line3)", etc.)? Or is that just a typo?

HTH,

Charles K. Clarkson
-- 
Mobile Homes Specialist
254 968-8328




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