Re: Anyone using 'awk'

Posted in 1996

Paul Harrington — Tue, 09 Apr 1996 13:43:51 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

noel@paragon.ie ("Noel O'Brien") wrote: Noel, In this example, you just need to get rid of the quotes before loading. Try .... sed 's/"//g' <infile >outfile > I have a text column (char(6)) in an ascii file but need to change > it to a DATE format before loading > the ascii file holds the column like "020496" , with the quotes ============================================================================= Paul Harrington Phone : +353-1-8621540 National Instruments (Ireland) Ltd. Fax : +353-1-8621533 Santry, Dublin 9. Email : paul.harrington@natinst.com Opinions expressed here are mine. mine. MINE !! MINE!! =============================================================================