#!/bin/ksh for t in $(cat $MYFILE) do job_name=`echo $t | grep job_name | cut -d: -f2` days_of_week=`echo $t | grep days_of_week | cut -d: -f2` start_times=`echo $t | grep start_times | cut -d: -f2` printf "$job_name:$days_of_week:$start_times" done #### myservername001.dlog.xyz:su,mo,tu,we,th,fr,sa:"12:00" myservername001.osaudit.xyz:su,mo,tu,we,th,fr,sa:"12:00" myservername001.expdb.xyz:su,mo,tu,we,th,fr,sa:"12:00" #### ----- MYFILE (Source DATA) --------- /*----- myservername001.dblogs.xyz -----*/ job_name:myservername001.dlog.xyz days_of_week: su,mo,tu,we,th,fr,sa start_times: "12:00" /*----- myservername001.osaudit.xyz -----*/ job_name:myservername001.osaudit.xyz days_of_week: su,mo,tu,we,th,fr,sa start_times: "12:00" /*----- myservername001.expdb.xyz -----*/ job_name:myservername001.expdb.xyz days_of_week: su,mo,tu,we,th,fr,sa start_times: "12:00"