Removing first and last lines, and blank spaces at the start or each line.
Hi guys hope you are all well.
Guys im trying to work out how to remove from the output,
1)The first and last lines eg.samid and dsget succeeded
2)The blank spaces at the start of each line.
D:\>dsquery group "<Full DN" | dsget group -samid
Produces the following output..
samid
Member Servers - Printer Operators
Notes Server - Restore Folder Full Control
a_bcs
a_helpdesk
a_sas
Accounts - Unlock users
dsget succeeded
So that the output looks like below..
Member Servers - Printer Operators
Notes Server - Restore Folder Full Control
a_bcs
a_helpdesk
a_sas
Accounts - Unlock users
Any help greatly appreciated.
Guys im trying to work out how to remove from the output,
1)The first and last lines eg.samid and dsget succeeded
2)The blank spaces at the start of each line.
D:\>dsquery group "<Full DN" | dsget group -samid
Produces the following output..
samid
Member Servers - Printer Operators
Notes Server - Restore Folder Full Control
a_bcs
a_helpdesk
a_sas
Accounts - Unlock users
dsget succeeded
So that the output looks like below..
Member Servers - Printer Operators
Notes Server - Restore Folder Full Control
a_bcs
a_helpdesk
a_sas
Accounts - Unlock users
Any help greatly appreciated.
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Hi mplungjan.
I am not directing this to a file.
I tried your suggestion but that made no difference mplungjan.
I am not directing this to a file.
I tried your suggestion but that made no difference mplungjan.
What do you do with te output?
ASKER
Hi mplungjan,
It just displays to the window.
dsquery group "<Full DN" | dsget group -samid
It just displays to the window.
dsquery group "<Full DN" | dsget group -samid
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Hmm, similar to oBdA and bill there... called away before submitting, should have refreshed :-)
Steve
Steve
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A rather lengthy way of doing a one line command as usual Paul...
Well spotted...
I didn't notice the sample data until I finished coding.
Not familiar with his command so hedged my bets and wrote output to file.
What was crucial to me during coding were:
- spaces on the right are preserved (only LEFT spaces specified in question)
- lines consisting wholly of spaces are trimmed to blank lines
- blank lines are preserved
- number of text lines in file are therefore, preserved
- leading spaces trimmed from start of lines
- first line removed
- last line removed
So there's a real lot going on here... and well beyond the scope of a one-liner!
I didn't notice the sample data until I finished coding.
Not familiar with his command so hedged my bets and wrote output to file.
What was crucial to me during coding were:
- spaces on the right are preserved (only LEFT spaces specified in question)
- lines consisting wholly of spaces are trimmed to blank lines
- blank lines are preserved
- number of text lines in file are therefore, preserved
- leading spaces trimmed from start of lines
- first line removed
- last line removed
So there's a real lot going on here... and well beyond the scope of a one-liner!
Nope. One line is fine.
It is a standard AD query output.
He just wants to get rid of the first and last lines and the spaces, like he said.... there won't be any other spaces in the output, or blank lines, and the first and last lines will be as shown.
So one line suffices.... or Bill Prew's, or oBdA's which do the same but with a wrapper around.
Bed calls.
Steve
It is a standard AD query output.
He just wants to get rid of the first and last lines and the spaces, like he said.... there won't be any other spaces in the output, or blank lines, and the first and last lines will be as shown.
So one line suffices.... or Bill Prew's, or oBdA's which do the same but with a wrapper around.
Bed calls.
Steve
ASKER
Guys thanks so much to all you brilliant people.
My apologies for the delay in getting back here.
My apologies for the delay in getting back here.
Great but I surely did not give the actual answer, did I?
Hi paultomasi,
@paultomasi , your code work fine but how to remove the trailing spaces from the output file. Seems like we have 3 spaces at the end. Also, request you to tell me how to output to a CSV file with a comma at the end to this output. Could you please help me in this aspect ASAP.
Current output :
Name1
Name2
Name3
Desired output:
Name1,
Name2,
Name3,
@paultomasi , your code work fine but how to remove the trailing spaces from the output file. Seems like we have 3 spaces at the end. Also, request you to tell me how to output to a CSV file with a comma at the end to this output. Could you please help me in this aspect ASAP.
Current output :
Name1
Name2
Name3
Desired output:
Name1,
Name2,
Name3,
Picking a 5 year old question to add a comment to probably not best way to get an answer. Suggest make a new question and add a link to this one.
Steve
Steve
Are you directing this to a file like >output.txt ?
Try
>output.txt 2>nul