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Old 10-21-2011
Reformatting single column text file starting new line when finding particular string

Hi, I have a single colum file and I need to reformat the file so that it creates a new line every time it come to an IP address and the following lines are corresponding rows until it comes to the next IP address.

I want to turn this
Code:
172.xx.xx.xx
 gwpusprdrp02_pv
 seinwnprd03
10.xx.xx.xx
 imauditorsql
 seinwnprd06
172.xx.xx.xx
 invtsql01
 seinwnprd02
172.xx.xx.xx
 itcnetlog1
 seinwnprd02
172.xx.xx.xx
 itcsql04
 seinwnprd02
10.xx.xx.xx
 oaksdag01.corp.seic.com
 seinwnprd06, nsrserverhost

into this
Code:
172.xx.xx.xx gwpusprdrp02_pv seinwnprd03
10.xx.xx.xx imauditorsql seinwnprd06
172.xx.xx.xx invtsql01 seinwnprd02
172.xx.xx.xx itcnetlog1 seinwnprd02
172.xx.xx.xx itcsql04 seinwnprd02
10.xx.xx.xx oaksdag01.corp.seic.com seinwnprd06, nsrserverhost

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Last edited by vbe; 10-21-2011 at 11:30 AM..
# 2  
Old 10-21-2011
Code:
nawk 'ORS=(FNR%3)?FS:RS' myFile

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# 3  
Old 10-21-2011
Thanks for the response but the thing is that 3rd line does not always start with the IP address. I am looking for an awk statement that search for a string that starts with 1 so '^1' and then turns the lines that follow into corresponding rows for the IP address until it comes to the next IP?
# 4  
Old 10-21-2011
Code:
nawk '{printf("%c%s", ((/^[0-9]+/&&FNR!=1)?ORS:""), $0)}END{print ""}' myFile

# 5  
Old 10-21-2011
Thanks again but that code is only printing the IP addresses.
# 6  
Old 10-21-2011
given myFile:
Code:
172.xx.xx.xx
 gwpusprdrp02_pv
 seinwnprd03
10.xx.xx.xx
 imauditorsql
 seinwnprd06
172.xx.xx.xx
 invtsql01
 seinwnprd02
172.xx.xx.xx
 itcnetlog1
 seinwnprd02
172.xx.xx.xx
 itcsql04
 seinwnprd02
10.xx.xx.xx
 oaksdag01.corp.seic.com
 seinwnprd06, nsrserverhost

running nawk '{printf("%c%s", ((/^[0-9]+/&&FNR!=1)?ORS:""), $0)}END{print ""}' myFile produces:
Code:
172.xx.xx.xx gwpusprdrp02_pv seinwnprd03
10.xx.xx.xx imauditorsql seinwnprd06
172.xx.xx.xx invtsql01 seinwnprd02
172.xx.xx.xx itcnetlog1 seinwnprd02
172.xx.xx.xx itcsql04 seinwnprd02
10.xx.xx.xx oaksdag01.corp.seic.com seinwnprd06, nsrserverhost

Check your myFile input file. Make sure it doesn't contain any ^M-s. Post the output of:
Code:
cat -vet myFile

# 7  
Old 10-21-2011
It works perfectly if I use /usr/xpg4/bin/awk instead of /usr/bin/nawk. Thanks so much!!
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