Author: Rob BradfordRob Bradford
Date: Jan 23, 2008 10:58
Hi.
I have a issue with a file from an old legacy (HP3000) system. When the file
is transfered by FTP onto a Unix server the 3000's FTP process pads the
lines to a fixed length. This seems to be a function of the 3000's FTP
implementation. ie: It picks up a fo;e of say 1674012 bytes and sends
1709094 bytes for example!
Anyway to cut a long story short, how do I chop each and every line back to
the last no white_space character? Each of the extended lines has a LF that
I need to keep, or replace it in the new end-of line opsition. I know AWK
should be the solution but where do I start?
Any pointers would be appreciated.
Rob.B
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