$ cat myfile.dat WI auto WI Auto NY auto ny Auto Junk auto $ cp /dev/null my_file.tmp $ for pattern in wi ny > do > cp /dev/null "$pattern"_auto > grep -i "$pattern auto" myfile.dat >> "$pattern"_auto > #Repeat above command and 'accumulate' to tmp file > grep -i "$pattern auto" myfile.dat >> myfile.tmp > done $ ls -l *auto* -rw-r--r-- 1 govindankappdev1 16 Nov 13 11:43 ny_auto -rw-r--r-- 1 govindankappdev1 16 Nov 13 11:43 wi_auto $ more myfile.dat WI auto WI Auto NY auto ny Auto Junk auto $ more wi_auto WI auto WI Auto $ more ny_auto NY auto ny Auto $ ls -lrt *myfile* -rw-r--r-- 1 govindankappdev1 42 Nov 13 11:40 myfile.dat -rw-r--r-- 1 govindankappdev1 32 Nov 13 11:43 myfile.tmp $ more myfile.tmp WI auto WI Auto NY auto ny Auto $ diff myfile.dat myfile.tmp 5d4 < Junk auto $
HTH GovindanK On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 11:24:25 -0800, "Tracy Rahmlow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > A developer in our shop would like to read an input file and based on > some > field values for each record in the file split them into multiple files. > The > output files will be used by a 3rd party package for processing. (the > package > does not need the oracle database) For example: > > Input File: > record a: WI auto ... > record b: WI auto ... > record c: NY auto ... > record d: YY home ... > > > Output file WI_AUTO: > record a: WI auto ... > record b: WI auto ... > > Output file NY_AUTO: > record c: NY auto ... > > Error file: > record d: YY home ... (no entry in the criteria lookup table to pick up > this > record therefore send it to an error file) > > Their solution is to load an oracle table with the input file. An > additional > table would contain the criteria and the name of the output file to write > to. > They would write a procedure to read the criteria and input table and > utilize > the utl_file package to create the output files. There may be 50+ output > files > initially and likely will grow over time. My gut tells me that this does > not > belong in the database, rather we should be able to split the file using > C or a > utility such as syncsort (which we do not have). We are currently at > 8.1.7.4 > on AIX 4.3.3. Is there a more elegant solution and what would it be??? > Are > there any open source unix utilities that may help? Thanks > -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Or how I learned to stop worrying and love email again -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: GovindanK INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
