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Asked: 2026-06-05T08:01:27+00:00

I have a log file which I need to replay on the server. It

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I have a log file which I need to “replay” on the server.

It contains entries like this:

Request:
        query: EXEC prc_insert_customer
        @param0: 110040851
        @param1: 137463
        @param2: user@example.com
        @param3: John
        @param4: Smith
        @param5: Some address
        @param6:
        @param7:
        @param8: Some city
        @param9: GBR
        @param10: POSTCODE
        @param11: (555) 123-45-67
Response:

...

I need to convert each chunk like that into

EXEC prc_insert_customer '110040851', '137463',  ..., '(555) 123-45-67'

I tried to use awk for that:

/EXEC prc_insert_customer/ {
        str = "EXEC prc_insert_customer";
}

str && /@param/ {
        if ($1 == "@param0:")
                sep = ""
        else
                sep = ","
        str = ((str) (sep) " '"($2) ("'"))
}

/^Response/ {
        if (str)
                print str
        str = ""
}

but the output I get is:

', '(555)'DE', '', 'Some', 'GBR0851

How do I get correct output?

I use GNU Awk 4.0.0 on Fedora 17.

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  1. Editorial Team

    If the log files Windows based, then you are almost certainly dealing with side-effects (affects? ;->) of the evil ^M char. It can defintely produce problems as you’re describing. 

     sub(/^M/,"", $0)

    should help.

    Thats a real Ctrl-M char and not 2 chars’^’,’M’, produced in a vi compliant editor by pressing Ctrl-V and tne Ctrl-M.

    I hope this helps.

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