awk - , fixed width columns

Question

AWK: Display variable width columns fields into fixed spaced Column fields Format in Unix.

$ cat temp.txt
QUEUE(XYZ1.REQ.YAM.ALIAS) TYPE(QCLUSTER) CLUSTER(MYCLUS) CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAH) CLUSQT(QALIAS) DEFPSIST(YES) PUT(ENABLED)
QUEUE(XYZ4.REPL.YAM) TYPE(QCLUSTER) CLUSTER(MYSTER) CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAHBLAHBLAH) CLUSQT(QALIAS) DEFPSIST(YES) PUT(ENABLED)
QUEUE(XYZ8.REQ.YAM) TYPE(QCLUSTER) CLUSTER(MYCTER) CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAH) CLUSQT(QALIAS) DEFPSIST(NO) PUT(DISABLED)
QUEUE(XYZ8.REPLY.YAM) TYPE(QCLUSTER) CLUSTER( ) CLUSQMGR(ABCD) CLUSQT(QALIAS) DEFPSIST(YES) PUT(ENABLED)
QUEUE(KK.RAMAN.K.LQ) TYPE(QCLUSTER) CLUSTER(MYCLUSTER) CLUSQMGR() CLUSQT(QLOCAL) DEFPSIST(NO) PUT(ENABLED)
QUEUE(KK.RAMAN.KATHPALIA) TYPE(QREMOTE) CLUSTER(MYCLUSTER) CLUSQMGR(ABCD) CLUSQT(QLOCAL) DEFPSIST(NO) PUT(ENABLED)
QUEUE(KATHPLAIA.RAMAN) TYPE( ) CLUSTER( ) CLUSQMGR(ABCD) CLUSQT(QLOCAL) DEFPSIST(NO) PUT(ENABLED)
QUEUE(XYZ8.REQ.EQUAL.LQ) TYPE(QCLUSTER) CLUSTER(MYCLUSTER) CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAHBLAHBLAH) CLUSQT(QLOCAL) DEFPSIST(YES) PUT(ENABLED)
QUEUE(XYZ9.RAMAN.EQUAL.LQ) TYPE(QL) CLUSTER(MYCLUSTER) CLUSQMGR(ABCD) CLUSQT(QALIAS) DEFPSIST(YES) PUT(ENABLED)
QUEUE(XX10.REPL.EQUAL.ALIAS) TYPE(QA) CLUSTER(YOURC) CLUSQMGR(ABCD) CLUSQT(QALIAS) DEFPSIST(YES) PUT(DISABLED)
QUEUE(XX10.KATHPLAIA.EQUAL.LOCAL) TYPE(LOCALQ) CLUSTER(MYCLUSTER) CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAHBLAHBLAH) CLUSQT(QALIAS) DEFPSIST(YES) PUT(ENABLED)
QUEUE(XX11.RAMAN.EQUAL.LOCAL) TYPE(QCLUSTER) CLUSTER(MYCLUS) CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAH) CLUSQT(QALIAS) DEFPSIST(YES) PUT(ENABLED)
QUEUE(XX11.REQ.LOCAL) TYPE(QCLUSTER) CLUSTER(MYCLUSTER) CLUSQMGR(ABCD) CLUSQT(QALIAS) DEFPSIST(YES) PUT(ENABLED)
QUEUE(RAMAN_KATHPLIA_000_11.REQ.EQUAL.REMOTE.QUEUE) TYPE(QCLUSTER) CLUSTER(MYCLUS) CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAHBLAHBLAH) CLUSQT(QALIAS) DEFPSIST(YES) PUT(DISABLED)
QUEUE(XYZ2.REQ.RAMAN.REMOTE.QUEUE) TYPE(QLOCAL) CLUSTER(STER) CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAH) CLUSQT(QALIAS) DEFPSIST(YES) PUT(ENABLED)
QUEUE(XYZ2.REQ.EQUAL.REMOTE.QUEUE) TYPE(QCLUSTER) CLUSTER( ) CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAHBLAHBLAH) CLUSQT(QALIAS) DEFPSIST(YES) PUT(ENABLED)

Expected: A neat column display

This can be achieved by "column" command:

$ cat temp.txt | column -t
QUEUE(XYZ1.REQ.YAM.ALIAS)                            TYPE(QCLUSTER)  CLUSTER(MYCLUS)     CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAH)          CLUSQT(QALIAS)              DEFPSIST(YES)   PUT(ENABLED)
QUEUE(XYZ4.REPL.YAM)                                 TYPE(QCLUSTER)  CLUSTER(MYSTER)     CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAHBLAHBLAH)  CLUSQT(QALIAS)              DEFPSIST(YES)   PUT(ENABLED)
QUEUE(XYZ8.REQ.YAM)                                  TYPE(QCLUSTER)  CLUSTER(MYCTER)     CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAH)          CLUSQT(QALIAS)              DEFPSIST(NO)    PUT(DISABLED)
QUEUE(XYZ8.REPLY.YAM)                                TYPE(QCLUSTER)  CLUSTER(            )                           CLUSQMGR(ABCD)              CLUSQT(QALIAS)  DEFPSIST(YES)   PUT(ENABLED)
QUEUE(KK.RAMAN.K.LQ)                                 TYPE(QCLUSTER)  CLUSTER(MYCLUSTER)  CLUSQMGR()                  CLUSQT(QLOCAL)              DEFPSIST(NO)    PUT(ENABLED)
QUEUE(KK.RAMAN.KATHPALIA)                            TYPE(QREMOTE)   CLUSTER(MYCLUSTER)  CLUSQMGR(ABCD)              CLUSQT(QLOCAL)              DEFPSIST(NO)    PUT(ENABLED)
QUEUE(KATHPLAIA.RAMAN)                               TYPE(           )                   CLUSTER(                    )                           CLUSQMGR(ABCD)  CLUSQT(QLOCAL)  DEFPSIST(NO)  PUT(ENABLED)
QUEUE(XYZ8.REQ.EQUAL.LQ)                             TYPE(QCLUSTER)  CLUSTER(MYCLUSTER)  CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAHBLAHBLAH)  CLUSQT(QLOCAL)              DEFPSIST(YES)   PUT(ENABLED)
QUEUE(XYZ9.RAMAN.EQUAL.LQ)                           TYPE(QL)        CLUSTER(MYCLUSTER)  CLUSQMGR(ABCD)              CLUSQT(QALIAS)              DEFPSIST(YES)   PUT(ENABLED)
QUEUE(XX10.REPL.EQUAL.ALIAS)                         TYPE(QA)        CLUSTER(YOURC)      CLUSQMGR(ABCD)              CLUSQT(QALIAS)              DEFPSIST(YES)   PUT(DISABLED)
QUEUE(XX10.KATHPLAIA.EQUAL.LOCAL)                    TYPE(LOCALQ)    CLUSTER(MYCLUSTER)  CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAHBLAHBLAH)  CLUSQT(QALIAS)              DEFPSIST(YES)   PUT(ENABLED)
QUEUE(XX11.RAMAN.EQUAL.LOCAL)                        TYPE(QCLUSTER)  CLUSTER(MYCLUS)     CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAH)          CLUSQT(QALIAS)              DEFPSIST(YES)   PUT(ENABLED)
QUEUE(XX11.REQ.LOCAL)                                TYPE(QCLUSTER)  CLUSTER(MYCLUSTER)  CLUSQMGR(ABCD)              CLUSQT(QALIAS)              DEFPSIST(YES)   PUT(ENABLED)
QUEUE(RAMAN_KATHPLIA_000_11.REQ.EQUAL.REMOTE.QUEUE)  TYPE(QCLUSTER)  CLUSTER(MYCLUS)     CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAHBLAHBLAH)  CLUSQT(QALIAS)              DEFPSIST(YES)   PUT(DISABLED)
QUEUE(XYZ2.REQ.RAMAN.REMOTE.QUEUE)                   TYPE(QLOCAL)    CLUSTER(STER)       CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAH)          CLUSQT(QALIAS)              DEFPSIST(YES)   PUT(ENABLED)
QUEUE(XYZ2.REQ.EQUAL.REMOTE.QUEUE)                   TYPE(QCLUSTER)  CLUSTER(            )                           CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAHBLAHBLAH)  CLUSQT(QALIAS)  DEFPSIST(YES)   PUT(ENABLED)

Problems:

Certain AIX and Solaris hosts doesn't have "column" command. So can't use "column" universally.
Even with usage of column:

(a) ( ) expands to ( )

(b) More space than necessary is inserted between fields making few rows to fold into next line thus messing up formatting (19 Inch display monitor).

Questions:

Using awk, Problem 2 re-surfaces (or worse for few lines). Please see below. Can someone suggest a better awk statement ?
Also interested to see if Problem 2 can be resolved using "column" command ?

$ cat temp.txt | awk '{printf "%-55s  %-15s %-20s %-35s %-15s %-15s %-15s \n", $1,$2,$3,$4,$5,$6,$7}'
QUEUE(XYZ1.REQ.YAM.ALIAS)                                TYPE(QCLUSTER)  CLUSTER(MYCLUS)      CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAH)                  CLUSQT(QALIAS)  DEFPSIST(YES)   PUT(ENABLED)
QUEUE(XYZ4.REPL.YAM)                                     TYPE(QCLUSTER)  CLUSTER(MYSTER)      CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAHBLAHBLAH)          CLUSQT(QALIAS)  DEFPSIST(YES)   PUT(ENABLED)
QUEUE(XYZ8.REQ.YAM)                                      TYPE(QCLUSTER)  CLUSTER(MYCTER)      CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAH)                  CLUSQT(QALIAS)  DEFPSIST(NO)    PUT(DISABLED)
QUEUE(XYZ8.REPLY.YAM)                                    TYPE(QCLUSTER)  CLUSTER(             )                                   CLUSQMGR(ABCD)  CLUSQT(QALIAS)  DEFPSIST(YES)
QUEUE(KK.RAMAN.K.LQ)                                     TYPE(QCLUSTER)  CLUSTER(MYCLUSTER)   CLUSQMGR()                          CLUSQT(QLOCAL)  DEFPSIST(NO)    PUT(ENABLED)
QUEUE(KK.RAMAN.KATHPALIA)                                TYPE(QREMOTE)   CLUSTER(MYCLUSTER)   CLUSQMGR(ABCD)                      CLUSQT(QLOCAL)  DEFPSIST(NO)    PUT(ENABLED)
QUEUE(KATHPLAIA.RAMAN)                                   TYPE(           )                    CLUSTER(                            )               CLUSQMGR(ABCD)  CLUSQT(QLOCAL)
QUEUE(XYZ8.REQ.EQUAL.LQ)                                 TYPE(QCLUSTER)  CLUSTER(MYCLUSTER)   CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAHBLAHBLAH)          CLUSQT(QLOCAL)  DEFPSIST(YES)   PUT(ENABLED)
QUEUE(XYZ9.RAMAN.EQUAL.LQ)                               TYPE(QL)        CLUSTER(MYCLUSTER)   CLUSQMGR(ABCD)                      CLUSQT(QALIAS)  DEFPSIST(YES)   PUT(ENABLED)
QUEUE(XX10.REPL.EQUAL.ALIAS)                             TYPE(QA)        CLUSTER(YOURC)       CLUSQMGR(ABCD)                      CLUSQT(QALIAS)  DEFPSIST(YES)   PUT(DISABLED)
QUEUE(XX10.KATHPLAIA.EQUAL.LOCAL)                        TYPE(LOCALQ)    CLUSTER(MYCLUSTER)   CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAHBLAHBLAH)          CLUSQT(QALIAS)  DEFPSIST(YES)   PUT(ENABLED)
QUEUE(XX11.RAMAN.EQUAL.LOCAL)                            TYPE(QCLUSTER)  CLUSTER(MYCLUS)      CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAH)                  CLUSQT(QALIAS)  DEFPSIST(YES)   PUT(ENABLED)
QUEUE(XX11.REQ.LOCAL)                                    TYPE(QCLUSTER)  CLUSTER(MYCLUSTER)   CLUSQMGR(ABCD)                      CLUSQT(QALIAS)  DEFPSIST(YES)   PUT(ENABLED)
QUEUE(RAMAN_KATHPLIA_000_11.REQ.EQUAL.REMOTE.QUEUE)      TYPE(QCLUSTER)  CLUSTER(MYCLUS)      CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAHBLAHBLAH)          CLUSQT(QALIAS)  DEFPSIST(YES)   PUT(DISABLED)
QUEUE(XYZ2.REQ.RAMAN.REMOTE.QUEUE)                       TYPE(QLOCAL)    CLUSTER(STER)        CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAH)                  CLUSQT(QALIAS)  DEFPSIST(YES)   PUT(ENABLED)
QUEUE(XYZ2.REQ.EQUAL.REMOTE.QUEUE)                       TYPE(QCLUSTER)  CLUSTER(             )                                   CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAHBLAHBLAH) CLUSQT(QALIAS)  DEFPSIST(YES)

Field info:

All fields are bound and don't expand beyond certain length.

        - Max Width field 1 = 55
        - Max Width field 2 = 15
        - Max Width field 3 = 20
        - Max Width field 4 = 30
        - Max Width field 5 = 15
        - Max Width field 6 = 15
        - Max Width field 7 = 15

Limitation:

I want to optimize the display for least sized monitor in organisation == 19 Inches

So, I want to minimize the gap between columns to a single space. Possibly, checkered columns (like MS Excel)

terdon · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-17 22:19:34Z

up vote 2 down vote accepted

I would just replace the troublesome ( ) before processing:

sed 's/( )/()/g' temp.txt | awk '{printf "%-55s  %-15s %-20s %-35s %-15s %-15s %-15s \n", $1,$2,$3,$4,$5,$6,$7}'

If the number of spaces varies, use

sed 's/( \+)/()/g'

instead.

edited Mar 17 at 22:19

terdon♦

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answered Mar 17 at 19:19

Stephen Kitt

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Although gaps in ( ) are absent in temp.txt but introduced by awk statement. I inserted sed at the end and quickly ran into another problem. Gaps introduced by awk are variable in length. This temp.txt is essentially an app generated data in real time that I would be feeding to awk; and I wouldn't know how many space variation in gap exists. :( – Raman Kathpalia Mar 17 at 19:38

Your initial cat temp.txt shows the spaces between the brackets. – Stephen Kitt Mar 17 at 19:43

Worked! Thank you! – Raman Kathpalia Mar 17 at 20:05

Is it OK if all "()" pairs are replaced with "( )" in the final output? In the input, there's a mixture of "()" and "( )". The idea behind removing the space before running AWK is so that it isn't taken into account when splitting the line into fields, which should then allow consistent output (without the huge gaps between brackets). – Stephen Kitt Mar 17 at 20:06

As space is introduced by awk,I didn't try 1st option: sed 's/( )/()/g' temp.txt | awk '{printf "%-55s %-15s %-20s %-35s %-15s %-15s %-15s \n", $1,$2,$3,$4,$5,$6,$7}' - Works sed 's/( +)/()/g' temp.txt | awk '{printf "%-55s %-15s %-20s %-35s %-15s %-15s %-15s \n", $1,$2,$3,$4,$5,$6,$7}' - Does not work cat temp.txt | awk '{printf "%-55s %-15s %-20s %-35s %-15s %-15s %-15s \n", $1,$2,$3,$4,$5,$6,$7}' | sed 's/( +)/()/g' - Does not work cat temp.txt | awk '{printf "%-55s %-15s %-20s %-35s %-15s %-15s %-15s \n", $1,$2,$3,$4,$5,$6,$7}' | sed 's/( )/()/g' - Does not work – Raman Kathpalia Mar 17 at 20:16

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ctx · Answer 2 · 2017-03-17 20:08:00Z

You could replace ( ) with something like +++, pass it to column -t and substitute +++ back:

$ sed 's/( )\{1,\}/+++/g' temp.txt | column -t | sed 's/+++/\( \)/g' 
QUEUE(XYZ1.REQ.YAM.ALIAS)                            TYPE(QCLUSTER)  CLUSTER(MYCLUS)     CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAH)          CLUSQT(QALIAS)  DEFPSIST(YES)  PUT(ENABLED)
QUEUE(XYZ4.REPL.YAM)                                 TYPE(QCLUSTER)  CLUSTER(MYSTER)     CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAHBLAHBLAH)  CLUSQT(QALIAS)  DEFPSIST(YES)  PUT(ENABLED)
QUEUE(XYZ8.REQ.YAM)                                  TYPE(QCLUSTER)  CLUSTER(MYCTER)     CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAH)          CLUSQT(QALIAS)  DEFPSIST(NO)   PUT(DISABLED)
QUEUE(XYZ8.REPLY.YAM)                                TYPE(QCLUSTER)  CLUSTER( )          CLUSQMGR(ABCD)              CLUSQT(QALIAS)  DEFPSIST(YES)  PUT(ENABLED)
QUEUE(KK.RAMAN.K.LQ)                                 TYPE(QCLUSTER)  CLUSTER(MYCLUSTER)  CLUSQMGR()                  CLUSQT(QLOCAL)  DEFPSIST(NO)   PUT(ENABLED)
QUEUE(KK.RAMAN.KATHPALIA)                            TYPE(QREMOTE)   CLUSTER(MYCLUSTER)  CLUSQMGR(ABCD)              CLUSQT(QLOCAL)  DEFPSIST(NO)   PUT(ENABLED)
QUEUE(KATHPLAIA.RAMAN)                               TYPE( )         CLUSTER( )          CLUSQMGR(ABCD)              CLUSQT(QLOCAL)  DEFPSIST(NO)   PUT(ENABLED)
QUEUE(XYZ8.REQ.EQUAL.LQ)                             TYPE(QCLUSTER)  CLUSTER(MYCLUSTER)  CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAHBLAHBLAH)  CLUSQT(QLOCAL)  DEFPSIST(YES)  PUT(ENABLED)
QUEUE(XYZ9.RAMAN.EQUAL.LQ)                           TYPE(QL)        CLUSTER(MYCLUSTER)  CLUSQMGR(ABCD)              CLUSQT(QALIAS)  DEFPSIST(YES)  PUT(ENABLED)
QUEUE(XX10.REPL.EQUAL.ALIAS)                         TYPE(QA)        CLUSTER(YOURC)      CLUSQMGR(ABCD)              CLUSQT(QALIAS)  DEFPSIST(YES)  PUT(DISABLED)
QUEUE(XX10.KATHPLAIA.EQUAL.LOCAL)                    TYPE(LOCALQ)    CLUSTER(MYCLUSTER)  CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAHBLAHBLAH)  CLUSQT(QALIAS)  DEFPSIST(YES)  PUT(ENABLED)
QUEUE(XX11.RAMAN.EQUAL.LOCAL)                        TYPE(QCLUSTER)  CLUSTER(MYCLUS)     CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAH)          CLUSQT(QALIAS)  DEFPSIST(YES)  PUT(ENABLED)
QUEUE(XX11.REQ.LOCAL)                                TYPE(QCLUSTER)  CLUSTER(MYCLUSTER)  CLUSQMGR(ABCD)              CLUSQT(QALIAS)  DEFPSIST(YES)  PUT(ENABLED)
QUEUE(RAMAN_KATHPLIA_000_11.REQ.EQUAL.REMOTE.QUEUE)  TYPE(QCLUSTER)  CLUSTER(MYCLUS)     CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAHBLAHBLAH)  CLUSQT(QALIAS)  DEFPSIST(YES)  PUT(DISABLED)
QUEUE(XYZ2.REQ.RAMAN.REMOTE.QUEUE)                   TYPE(QLOCAL)    CLUSTER(STER)       CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAH)          CLUSQT(QALIAS)  DEFPSIST(YES)  PUT(ENABLED)
QUEUE(XYZ2.REQ.EQUAL.REMOTE.QUEUE)                   TYPE(QCLUSTER)  CLUSTER( )          CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAHBLAHBLAH)  CLUSQT(QALIAS)  DEFPSIST(YES)  PUT(ENABLED)

This doesn't work for variable with whitespace if you want to keep the exact spacing between ( ).

Thank you for the answer. That's a good trick . Together with @Stephen Kitt and your answer, I can now use awk OR column This forum is Godsend. — Raman Kathpalia, Mar 17 at 20:37

Rakesh Sharma · Answer 3 · 2017-03-17 21:54:29Z

Method-1: tbl

#Assuming GNU sed. Sed generates the tbl commands on the fly and then tbl is run to generate the desired output.

sed -e '
   1i\
.TS\
tab( );

   1{
      h;s/(\s\+)/(,)/g;
      s/\s\+$//;s/^\s\+//;s/\s\+/ /g;
      s/\S\+//g
      s/$/ /;s/ /l&/g;s/.$/./
      G;b
   }
   s/(\s\+)/(,)/g
   $a\
.TE
' | tbl - | nroff -Tascii -ms | sed '/./!d; s/(,)/( )/g'

Method-2: Perl

This method determines the maximum widths per field and then using this info generates the printf format specifier dynamically. This method will give the shortest spacing.

perl -lne '
   tr/\t/ /;
   s/\((\s+)\)/"(" . "+" x length($1) . ")"/eg;
   ($a, @F) = (-1, split);
   s/\((\++)\)/"(" . " " x length($1) . ")"/eg for @F;
   push @A, [@F];
   $a++, length > $maxW[$a] and $maxW[$a] = length for @F;
   END {
      my $fmt = join $", map { "%-${_}s" } @maxW;
      print sprintf $fmt, @$_ for @A;
   }
' temp.txt

These are both good solutions (and +1), but pretty obscure for those not familiar with the tools you're using. An explanation would be very helpful. — terdon♦, Mar 17 at 22:20

terdon · Answer 4 · 2017-03-17 22:18:02Z

One easy solution would be to use the ) as the field separator for awk. That gets around both of the issues you mention. However, that also removes the ) from each line, so you need to add them back when you call printf:

$ awk -F')' '{printf "%-55s  %-15s %-20s %-35s %-15s %-15s %-15s \n",
                      $1")",$2")",$3")",$4")",$5")",$6")",$7")"}' temp.txt 
QUEUE(XYZ1.REQ.YAM.ALIAS)                                 TYPE(QCLUSTER)  CLUSTER(MYCLUS)      CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAH)                  CLUSQT(QALIAS)  DEFPSIST(YES)   PUT(ENABLED)   
QUEUE(XYZ4.REPL.YAM)                                      TYPE(QCLUSTER)  CLUSTER(MYSTER)      CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAHBLAHBLAH)          CLUSQT(QALIAS)  DEFPSIST(YES)   PUT(ENABLED)   
QUEUE(XYZ8.REQ.YAM)                                       TYPE(QCLUSTER)  CLUSTER(MYCTER)      CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAH)                  CLUSQT(QALIAS)  DEFPSIST(NO)    PUT(DISABLED)  
QUEUE(XYZ8.REPLY.YAM)                                     TYPE(QCLUSTER)  CLUSTER( )           CLUSQMGR(ABCD)                      CLUSQT(QALIAS)  DEFPSIST(YES)   PUT(ENABLED)   
QUEUE(KK.RAMAN.K.LQ)                                      TYPE(QCLUSTER)  CLUSTER(MYCLUSTER)   CLUSQMGR()                          CLUSQT(QLOCAL)  DEFPSIST(NO)    PUT(ENABLED)   
QUEUE(KK.RAMAN.KATHPALIA)                                 TYPE(QREMOTE)   CLUSTER(MYCLUSTER)   CLUSQMGR(ABCD)                      CLUSQT(QLOCAL)  DEFPSIST(NO)    PUT(ENABLED)   
QUEUE(KATHPLAIA.RAMAN)                                    TYPE( )         CLUSTER( )           CLUSQMGR(ABCD)                      CLUSQT(QLOCAL)  DEFPSIST(NO)    PUT(ENABLED)   
QUEUE(XYZ8.REQ.EQUAL.LQ)                                  TYPE(QCLUSTER)  CLUSTER(MYCLUSTER)   CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAHBLAHBLAH)          CLUSQT(QLOCAL)  DEFPSIST(YES)   PUT(ENABLED)   
QUEUE(XYZ9.RAMAN.EQUAL.LQ)                                TYPE(QL)        CLUSTER(MYCLUSTER)   CLUSQMGR(ABCD)                      CLUSQT(QALIAS)  DEFPSIST(YES)   PUT(ENABLED)   
QUEUE(XX10.REPL.EQUAL.ALIAS)                              TYPE(QA)        CLUSTER(YOURC)       CLUSQMGR(ABCD)                      CLUSQT(QALIAS)  DEFPSIST(YES)   PUT(DISABLED)  
QUEUE(XX10.KATHPLAIA.EQUAL.LOCAL)                         TYPE(LOCALQ)    CLUSTER(MYCLUSTER)   CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAHBLAHBLAH)          CLUSQT(QALIAS)  DEFPSIST(YES)   PUT(ENABLED)   
QUEUE(XX11.RAMAN.EQUAL.LOCAL)                             TYPE(QCLUSTER)  CLUSTER(MYCLUS)      CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAH)                  CLUSQT(QALIAS)  DEFPSIST(YES)   PUT(ENABLED)   
QUEUE(XX11.REQ.LOCAL)                                     TYPE(QCLUSTER)  CLUSTER(MYCLUSTER)   CLUSQMGR(ABCD)                      CLUSQT(QALIAS)  DEFPSIST(YES)   PUT(ENABLED)   
QUEUE(RAMAN_KATHPLIA_000_11.REQ.EQUAL.REMOTE.QUEUE)       TYPE(QCLUSTER)  CLUSTER(MYCLUS)      CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAHBLAHBLAH)          CLUSQT(QALIAS)  DEFPSIST(YES)   PUT(DISABLED)  
QUEUE(XYZ2.REQ.RAMAN.REMOTE.QUEUE)                        TYPE(QLOCAL)    CLUSTER(STER)        CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAH)                  CLUSQT(QALIAS)  DEFPSIST(YES)   PUT(ENABLED)   
QUEUE(XYZ2.REQ.EQUAL.REMOTE.QUEUE)                        TYPE(QCLUSTER)  CLUSTER( )           CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAHBLAHBLAH)          CLUSQT(QALIAS)  DEFPSIST(YES)   PUT(ENABLED)

I don't understand why you have those extra spaces though. Why not something like this:

$ awk -F')' '{printf "%-51s%-15s%-20s%-28s%-15s%-15s%-15s\n",
                      $1")",$2")",$3")",$4")",$5")",$6")",$7")"}' temp.txt 
QUEUE(XYZ1.REQ.YAM.ALIAS)                           TYPE(QCLUSTER) CLUSTER(MYCLUS)     CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAH)          CLUSQT(QALIAS) DEFPSIST(YES)  PUT(ENABLED)  
QUEUE(XYZ4.REPL.YAM)                                TYPE(QCLUSTER) CLUSTER(MYSTER)     CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAHBLAHBLAH)  CLUSQT(QALIAS) DEFPSIST(YES)  PUT(ENABLED)  
QUEUE(XYZ8.REQ.YAM)                                 TYPE(QCLUSTER) CLUSTER(MYCTER)     CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAH)          CLUSQT(QALIAS) DEFPSIST(NO)   PUT(DISABLED) 
QUEUE(XYZ8.REPLY.YAM)                               TYPE(QCLUSTER) CLUSTER( )          CLUSQMGR(ABCD)              CLUSQT(QALIAS) DEFPSIST(YES)  PUT(ENABLED)  
QUEUE(KK.RAMAN.K.LQ)                                TYPE(QCLUSTER) CLUSTER(MYCLUSTER)  CLUSQMGR()                  CLUSQT(QLOCAL) DEFPSIST(NO)   PUT(ENABLED)  
QUEUE(KK.RAMAN.KATHPALIA)                           TYPE(QREMOTE)  CLUSTER(MYCLUSTER)  CLUSQMGR(ABCD)              CLUSQT(QLOCAL) DEFPSIST(NO)   PUT(ENABLED)  
QUEUE(KATHPLAIA.RAMAN)                              TYPE( )        CLUSTER( )          CLUSQMGR(ABCD)              CLUSQT(QLOCAL) DEFPSIST(NO)   PUT(ENABLED)  
QUEUE(XYZ8.REQ.EQUAL.LQ)                            TYPE(QCLUSTER) CLUSTER(MYCLUSTER)  CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAHBLAHBLAH)  CLUSQT(QLOCAL) DEFPSIST(YES)  PUT(ENABLED)  
QUEUE(XYZ9.RAMAN.EQUAL.LQ)                          TYPE(QL)       CLUSTER(MYCLUSTER)  CLUSQMGR(ABCD)              CLUSQT(QALIAS) DEFPSIST(YES)  PUT(ENABLED)  
QUEUE(XX10.REPL.EQUAL.ALIAS)                        TYPE(QA)       CLUSTER(YOURC)      CLUSQMGR(ABCD)              CLUSQT(QALIAS) DEFPSIST(YES)  PUT(DISABLED) 
QUEUE(XX10.KATHPLAIA.EQUAL.LOCAL)                   TYPE(LOCALQ)   CLUSTER(MYCLUSTER)  CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAHBLAHBLAH)  CLUSQT(QALIAS) DEFPSIST(YES)  PUT(ENABLED)  
QUEUE(XX11.RAMAN.EQUAL.LOCAL)                       TYPE(QCLUSTER) CLUSTER(MYCLUS)     CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAH)          CLUSQT(QALIAS) DEFPSIST(YES)  PUT(ENABLED)  
QUEUE(XX11.REQ.LOCAL)                               TYPE(QCLUSTER) CLUSTER(MYCLUSTER)  CLUSQMGR(ABCD)              CLUSQT(QALIAS) DEFPSIST(YES)  PUT(ENABLED)  
QUEUE(RAMAN_KATHPLIA_000_11.REQ.EQUAL.REMOTE.QUEUE) TYPE(QCLUSTER) CLUSTER(MYCLUS)     CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAHBLAHBLAH)  CLUSQT(QALIAS) DEFPSIST(YES)  PUT(DISABLED) 
QUEUE(XYZ2.REQ.RAMAN.REMOTE.QUEUE)                  TYPE(QLOCAL)   CLUSTER(STER)       CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAH)          CLUSQT(QALIAS) DEFPSIST(YES)  PUT(ENABLED)  
QUEUE(XYZ2.REQ.EQUAL.REMOTE.QUEUE)                  TYPE(QCLUSTER) CLUSTER( )          CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAHBLAHBLAH)  CLUSQT(QALIAS) DEFPSIST(YES)  PUT(ENABLED)

Another approach is to convert all spaces following a ) to tabs and use tabs as the field separator:

$ sed 's/)  */)\t/g' temp.txt | 
    awk -F'\t' '{printf "%-52s%-15s%-20s%-28s%-15s%-15s%-15s\n",
                         $1,$2,$3,$4,$5,$6,$7}'
QUEUE(XYZ1.REQ.YAM.ALIAS)                           TYPE(QCLUSTER) CLUSTER(MYCLUS)     CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAH)          CLUSQT(QALIAS) DEFPSIST(YES)  PUT(ENABLED)   
QUEUE(XYZ4.REPL.YAM)                                TYPE(QCLUSTER) CLUSTER(MYSTER)     CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAHBLAHBLAH)  CLUSQT(QALIAS) DEFPSIST(YES)  PUT(ENABLED)   
QUEUE(XYZ8.REQ.YAM)                                 TYPE(QCLUSTER) CLUSTER(MYCTER)     CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAH)          CLUSQT(QALIAS) DEFPSIST(NO)   PUT(DISABLED)  
QUEUE(XYZ8.REPLY.YAM)                               TYPE(QCLUSTER) CLUSTER( )          CLUSQMGR(ABCD)              CLUSQT(QALIAS) DEFPSIST(YES)  PUT(ENABLED)   
QUEUE(KK.RAMAN.K.LQ)                                TYPE(QCLUSTER) CLUSTER(MYCLUSTER)  CLUSQMGR()                  CLUSQT(QLOCAL) DEFPSIST(NO)   PUT(ENABLED)   
QUEUE(KK.RAMAN.KATHPALIA)                           TYPE(QREMOTE)  CLUSTER(MYCLUSTER)  CLUSQMGR(ABCD)              CLUSQT(QLOCAL) DEFPSIST(NO)   PUT(ENABLED)   
QUEUE(KATHPLAIA.RAMAN)                              TYPE( )        CLUSTER( )          CLUSQMGR(ABCD)              CLUSQT(QLOCAL) DEFPSIST(NO)   PUT(ENABLED)   
QUEUE(XYZ8.REQ.EQUAL.LQ)                            TYPE(QCLUSTER) CLUSTER(MYCLUSTER)  CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAHBLAHBLAH)  CLUSQT(QLOCAL) DEFPSIST(YES)  PUT(ENABLED)   
QUEUE(XYZ9.RAMAN.EQUAL.LQ)                          TYPE(QL)       CLUSTER(MYCLUSTER)  CLUSQMGR(ABCD)              CLUSQT(QALIAS) DEFPSIST(YES)  PUT(ENABLED)   
QUEUE(XX10.REPL.EQUAL.ALIAS)                        TYPE(QA)       CLUSTER(YOURC)      CLUSQMGR(ABCD)              CLUSQT(QALIAS) DEFPSIST(YES)  PUT(DISABLED)  
QUEUE(XX10.KATHPLAIA.EQUAL.LOCAL)                   TYPE(LOCALQ)   CLUSTER(MYCLUSTER)  CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAHBLAHBLAH)  CLUSQT(QALIAS) DEFPSIST(YES)  PUT(ENABLED)   
QUEUE(XX11.RAMAN.EQUAL.LOCAL)                       TYPE(QCLUSTER) CLUSTER(MYCLUS)     CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAH)          CLUSQT(QALIAS) DEFPSIST(YES)  PUT(ENABLED)   
QUEUE(XX11.REQ.LOCAL)                               TYPE(QCLUSTER) CLUSTER(MYCLUSTER)  CLUSQMGR(ABCD)              CLUSQT(QALIAS) DEFPSIST(YES)  PUT(ENABLED)   
QUEUE(RAMAN_KATHPLIA_000_11.REQ.EQUAL.REMOTE.QUEUE) TYPE(QCLUSTER) CLUSTER(MYCLUS)     CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAHBLAHBLAH)  CLUSQT(QALIAS) DEFPSIST(YES)  PUT(DISABLED)  
QUEUE(XYZ2.REQ.RAMAN.REMOTE.QUEUE)                  TYPE(QLOCAL)   CLUSTER(STER)       CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAH)          CLUSQT(QALIAS) DEFPSIST(YES)  PUT(ENABLED)   
QUEUE(XYZ2.REQ.EQUAL.REMOTE.QUEUE)                  TYPE(QCLUSTER) CLUSTER( )          CLUSQMGR(BLAHBLAHBLAHBLAH)  CLUSQT(QALIAS) DEFPSIST(YES)  PUT(ENABLED)

Thanks for a simple solution. I specifically like "another approach" where you've converted all spaces following a ) to tab and use that tab as a field separator. This has given me more ideas in other areas to implement. Thank you! — Raman Kathpalia, 2 days ago
Regarding your other question around "extra spaces"; I gave Max possible length to which a field can expand should an entry arrives requiring Max field. I should have adjusted my example to reflect that. — Raman Kathpalia, 2 days ago

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