Hi, i have file RESULT(containing table contents) with columns containing process number,ccod,etc ccod is in 5th column based on it validation has to be done i.e if ccod =0(or)2(or)4A - success status else if ccod = other than 0,2,4A - failure success has to be passed to another TEMP file loop continues to read another one how should the korn scripts be? can anyone help thank u Anu

Something like... #!/bin/ksh for ccod in `cat RESULT | awk '{ print $5 }'` do if [ $ccod = "0" || $ccod = "2" || $ccod = "4A" ] then echo "success" >> NEWFILE else echo "failure" >> NEWFILE fi done

Thank u so much

Just tried this again, and I screwed up... Should have said... Something like... #!/bin/ksh for ccod in `cat RESULT | awk '{ print $5 }'` do if [ $ccod = "0" ] || [ $ccod = "2" ] || [ $ccod = "4A" ] then echo "success" >> NEWFILE else echo "failure" >> NEWFILE fi done