topic Insert ":" into some text in Operating System - Linux

Insert ":" into some text

Unix Systems Admin — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 05:31:55 GMT

How do I insert a : into some text in a file
eg1. turn 0001 into 00:01
eg2. turn 2359 into 23:59

The file will contain several fields that need maniplating like this.

Thanks,
Gary.

Re: Insert ":" into some text

Unix Systems Admin — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 05:38:04 GMT

It's ok I've worked it out.
if a=0723 then the following will sort it :-
echo $a | sed 's/^$..$$..$$/\1:\2/'

Gary.

Re: Insert ":" into some text

Peter Godron — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 05:38:19 GMT

Gary,
while read record
do
hh=`echo $record | cut -c1,2`
mm=`echo $record | cut -c3,4`
echo $hh:$mm
done < inputfile