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Need to reformat WWN string

Hi All,

I need a quick fix;

I have a load of WWN's in the format "0123456789012345"; I need them reformatted to "01:23:45:67:89:01:23:45"

ozo

WWN="0123456789012345"
WWN=`echo $WWN | perl -lpe '$_=join":",unpack"(a2)*"'`

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ozo

echo 0123456789012345 | sed "s/$..$/\1:/g"
gives an extra : at the end

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Rowley

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Rowley

Similarly, I get an error when trying out your suggestion:

[root@centos01 tmp]# cat file1
0123456789012345

[root@centos01 tmp]# cat wwn2
#!/usr/bin/perl
#
while (<>) {
$_=join":",unpack"(a2)*";
print;
}

[root@centos01 tmp]# ./wwn2 file1
Not enough arguments for unpack at ./wwn2 line 4, near ""(a2)*";"
Execution of ./wwn2 aborted due to compilation errors.

Julian Parker

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Thanks guys,

I just got out of the meeting and knew you'd come thru :-)

I got the right result with this;
WWN=`echo "${U_WWN}" | sed -e 's/-/:/g' | sed -e 's/0x//' | sed -e "s/$..$/\1:/g;s/:$//"`

I'd still be interested to see the perl workaround though.

Julian Parker

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Thanks Guys,

It would have been nice to see a perl fix as well (always good to keep options open and learn new things).