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Old 07-07-2010
Formatting the flat file.
I have flat file with contents:
Code:
sdffggfgfgfg
fgfgfd@gdfgdfgfdgf@@@@@
fdfsdf@fsdfsffsd@@@@@
dgdfgffgdf@@@@@
dfgdfg


I need to remove the 4 '@' from the end for the lines 2,3,4.

The final contents should be
Code:
sdffggfgfgfg
fgfgfd@gdfgdfgfdgf@
fdfsdf@fsdfsffsd@
dgdfgffgdf@
dfgdfg

Actually i have tab in place of "@" in file. Replaced it with @ for ease.
Last edited by Franklin52; 07-07-2010 at 09:54 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags
# 2  
Old 07-07-2010
Hi
I hope you mean to say, in place of 5 @, you have one @ and a tab.

If i am right, try this:

Code:
awk '$1=$1' infile > outfile

infile is your input file. The outfile should not contain tabs now.

Guru.
# 3  
Old 07-07-2010
That does seems to work . Getting an error
awk: syntax error near line 1
awk: bailing out near line 1
# 4  
Old 07-07-2010
If yours is Sun, try 'nawk' in place of 'awk'.

Guru.
# 5  
Old 07-07-2010
Code:
cat infile | tr -s "\t" > outfile

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