Hi Users,

how can I split a long row in shell-script ( more than 80 characters ) in
one or more rows for better reading.

Exampe :

unload medcome2 teletv | grep 88888 | grep 123456 | grep 34567 | grep 67890 > /usr2/medcom2/tmp/teletv

that is what I want !

unload medcome2 teletv
| grep 88888
| grep 123456
| grep 34567
| grep 67890
> /usr2/medcom2/tmp/teletv

Is that possible ?

teletv |\
grep 88888 |\
grep 123456 |\
grep 34567 |\
grep 67890

Hi vgersh99,

thanks, it works fine. But in this case it does not work completely.

I want to give out 80 underlines in one line to the screen with "echo comand" like this :

echo "____________________"\
"____________________"\
"____________________"\
"____________________"\

the result is following :
___________________ ____________________ and so on

Between the four lines ist a blank

how about a very simple awk - you can make a '80' a parameter to the script:

OR with cat:

Hi vgersh99,

thank you for your comments.

I have to teach the first basic commands in shell scripting.

awk and nawk is the next practice, I can not use it in the first lesson.

Thanks a lot

Is there a way to split rows in awk too ??

"split rows" as in what?
give an example, pls!

I mean this :
The following row is displays in 3 lines on the screen.

I want to split it in x line for better reading.

Pat=`echo $i | awk ' BEGIN {
printf ("%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s %s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s\n",F1,F4,TelNr,R,PatNr,R,WR,T elJN,R,TVJN,R,Abbu,R,R,ChipJN,R,ChipNr,R,Name,R,St r,R,PLZ,R,Ort,R,Bank,R,BLZ,R,KTNR,R,F7,F10) > "/usr2/medcom2/bin/Chip.anm"
}'`

Split like this :

TAB TAB Pat=`echo $i | awk ' BEGIN {
TAB TAB printf ("%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s
TAB TAB %s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%
TAB TAB s%s%s%s%s%s\n",F1,F4,TelNr,R,PatNr,R,WR,TelJN,R,
TAB TAB TVJNTAB TAB ,R,Abbu,R,R,ChipJN,R,ChipNr,R,Name,R,Str,R,PLZ,
TAB TAB R,Ort,R,Bank,R,BLZ,R,KTNR,R,F7,F10)
TAB TAB > "/usr2/medcom2/bin/Chip.anm"
TAB TAB }'`

The problem in this editor (dbforum) is , the Tabulator (TAB) is not shown !

I hope I can explain my problem.

Thanks for help.