FixedWidth2Comma-delimited

awk '/some-unique-text-string/' $textfilename | gawk 'BEGIN { FIELDWIDTHS = "45 15 20 19 30 6" }{print "FIELD1="$1,"FIELD2="$2,"FIELD3="$3,"FIELD4="$4,"FIELD5="$5,"FIELD6="$6}'
If you have a fixed-width text file with unique text on a row... you can locate that "unique text", then convert the fixed-width fields on that row to comma separated fields...then redirect to log file, process in a loop, display on screen, etc.

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