Re: Script file to customize scs2ascii output - Assistance needed.

[Scott Klement <tn5250@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Is there any sort of a 'label' on the printout?  I guess I'm hoping that 
the printout will have something like this:

'UserID: xxxxxxxxxx'

Then you can use grep to look for the 'UserID:' string, and use cut or 
awk whatever tool is appropriate to extract the actual userid. This 
seems like a better idea than running grep multiple times -- especially 
if the number of users increases.

...other than that, I'm not sure what sort of guidance you're looking 
for?  It sounds like a very simple script to me.



Mitch Martin wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I've been using tn5250 on a Linux server for over a year and sending i5
> print sessions to Windows network printers while converting the output
> to ascii, pdf and even tiff.  It's the greatest thing since sliced
> bread!!  ;-)
>
> I now have a need for something a little different and I'm asking for
> any hints on the best way to accomplish it. (Not being a bash scripting
> guru, myself)
>
> I want to take the output of scs2ascii and search that output for a
> user's name.  Each output is a document containing 1 of 5 possible user
> names.  I then want to write that output as a file using the user name
> as the filename and maybe adding the current date and time.  I may want
> to further process or format that output but I can probably manage that
> with enscript as I've been doing.
>
> My thoughts are to setup variables with the 5 user names and then use
> grep to test for each user, check the return status code for a match and
> then write the filename.  That is overly simplified, of course.  I'm
> currently reading a shell programming book and hoping to put a script
> together but would appreciate any guidance from the more experienced
> programmers on this list.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Regards,
> Mitch