If statement with awk

[whatcouldhappen]

Almost there lol... Last question and Ill be done

awk '{
   NF==12? a="6 7 8 10":a="5 6 7 9";
   n=split(a,A," "); 
   printf tolower($1":"); 
   for(i=l;i<=n;i++){printf ("%s", tolower(substr($A[i],1,1)))} 
   print substr($NF,9,4)
 }' $1

Gives me this output:
jcc2380:jjbci9445
jac1936:jsbci7993
acc4636:ajbcc0437
spf1696:sjbcc2398

This is the output i need:
jcc2380:jbci9445
jac1936:sbci7993
acc4636:jbcc0437
spf1696:jbcc2398

I need the ninth character to not be there. Simple cut command ?

[watael]

This is the output i need:
jcc2380:jbci9445
jac1936:sbci7993
acc4636:jbcc0437
spf1696:jbcc2398

I need the ninth character to not be there. Simple cut command ?

this is what I get.

$ cat $file
JCC2380 XXX-XX-XXXX CAREY, JULIE C JR-II BISS CPSC BS INFO TECH 412/779-9445
JAC1936 XXX-XX-XXXX CONSOLMAGNO, JOE A. SO-I BISS CPSC BS INFO TECH 412/833-7993
ACC4636 XXX-XX-XXXX CURRIE, ADAM C. JR-II BISS CPSC BS COMP SCI 724/657-0437
SPF1696 XXX-XX-XXXX FARLEY, SEAN P. JR-I BISS CPSC BS COMP SCI 814/236-2398
SEK8835 XXX-XX-XXXX KELLEY, SHAWN E. FR-II BISS CPSC BS COMP SCI 724/406-7149
MCK0599 XXX-XX-XXXX KOMISIN, MICHAEL C. JR-I BISS CPSC BS COMP SCI 000/000-0000
GJM1887 XXX-XX-XXXX MACK, GREGORY J. SO-II BISS CPSC BS INFO TECH 724/735-4354
NGM5479 XXX-XX-XXXX MCINTIRE, NICHOLAS G JR-I BISS CPSC BS INFO TECH 724/794-8268
ZTP7190 XXX-XX-XXXX PETAK, ZACHARY T. FR-II BISS CPSC BS INFO TECH 724/406-1298
AXS9097 XXX-XX-XXXX SAUNDERS, ALEXANDER SO-I BISS CPSC BS INFO TECH 724/334-0313
RJS6624 XXX-XX-XXXX SNYDER, ROBERT J. SO-II BISS CPSC BS COMP SCI 814/328-2021
MWS1990 XXX-XX-XXXX STASNY, MATTHEW W SO-II BISS CPSC BS INFO TECH 412/882-0581
$ awk '{ NF==12?a="6 7 8 10":a="5 6 7 9"; n=split(a,A," "); printf(tolower($1":")); for(i=1;i<=n;i++){printf("%s", tolower(substr($A[i],1,1)))} print substr($NF,9,4)}' $file
jcc2380:jbci9445
jac1936:sbci7993
acc4636:jbcc0437
spf1696:jbcc2398
sek8835:fbcc7149
mck0599:jbcc0000
gjm1887:sbci4354
ngm5479:jbci8268
ztp7190:fbci1298
axs9097:sbci0313
rjs6624:sbcc2021
mws1990:sbci0581

did your file change?

[whatcouldhappen]

ok nvm sorry. But the help is very much appreciated