SMAT file message extraction tool

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Usage: /hci/InfoHEALTH/bin/smatList.sh  [-v] [-h] [-p] [-fp] [-a] [-fa] [-m] [-fm] [-c] -o [file2] …

Where -h          help!

     -v          verbose mode

     -idx        use the ‘idx’ file to determine the messages. See Note below

     -quirk      use some processing on the message to remove ‘quirks’. Useful for old HL7 SMAT files

     -o    the output file. See Note below

     -c   modify the number of messages in the output file – default 1000. See Note below

     -len10      use the len10 output format, the default is a new line

     -p  the Patient Code (MRN). This can be repeated

     -fp   a file containing Patient Codes (MRN), one per line

     -a  the Account Number. This can be repeated

     -fa   a file containing Account Numbers, one per line

     -m  the Medical Staff ID or GP Code (for Master File Updates). This can be repeated

     -fm   a file containing Medical Staff codes, one per line

     file1       is a Cloverleaf SMAT file, compressed or uncompressed

    The output file supplied will have a suffix _xxx.dat, where

        xxx is the file number in the range 1 through 999.

    Each file will contain a maximum of 1000 records in ‘len10’ or newline format,

    the ‘-c’ option can be used to change the maximum number of records in an output file

    with ‘-1’ unlimited.

    The ‘idx’ processing is useful for non HL7 SMAT files