[SOLVED] Separate lines with keys and store in different files

Issue

How to separate (get) the entire line related to hexadecimal number keys and the entire line for DEBUG in a text file, then store in different file, where the key is in this format: "[ uid key]"? i.e. ignore any lines that is not DEBUG.

in.txt:

  [ uid 28fd4583833] DEBUG web.Action
  [ uid 39fd5697944] DEBUG test.Action
  [ uid 56866969445] DEBUG test2.Action
  [ uid 76696944556] INFO  test4.Action
  [ uid 39fd5697944] DEBUG test7.Action
  [ uid 85483e10256] DEBUG testing.Action

The output files are named as "out" + i + ".txt", where i = 1, 2, 3, 4. i.e.

out1.txt:

  [ uid 28fd4583833] DEBUG web.Action

out2.txt:

  [ uid 39fd5697944] DEBUG test.Action
  [ uid 39fd5697944] DEBUG test7.Action

out3.txt:

  [ uid 56866969445] DEBUG test2.Action

out4.txt:

  [ uid 85483e10256] DEBUG testing.Action

I tried:

awk 'match($0, /uid ([^]]+)/, a) && /DEBUG/ {print > (a[1] ".txt")}' in.txt

Solution

If your file format is consistent as you show, you can just do:

awk '
    $4!="DEBUG" { next }
    !f[$3] { f[$3]=++i }
    { print > ("out" f[$3] ".txt") }
' in.txt

Answered By - jhnc

Answer Checked By - Candace Johnson (WPSolving Volunteer)