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# 1  
Old 01-10-2013
Bug Replace semicolons with tabulators, new lines are disappearing
Hi Gurus!
Example file:
Code:
1;AAA;BBB
2;CCC;DDD

We want to replace semicolons to tabulators.
Like this:
Code:
1    AAA    BBB
2    CCC    DDD

We have tried these codes.
With PERL:
Code:
#!/bin/bash
for i in `find /folder1/ -name "*.CSV"`

do
bi="`basename $i   awk -F"." {'print $1'}`"

cat $bi.CSV   perl -p -e 's/;/\t/g' > /folder1/$bi.TXT

mv $bi.CSV /folder2/

done

and same with SED:

Code:
#!/bin/bash
for i in `find /folder1/ -name "*.CSV"`

do
bi="`basename $i   awk -F"." {'print $1'}`"

sed 's/;/\t/g' $i > /folder1/$bi.TXT

mv $bi.CSV /folder2/

done

But when processed, all the rows are concatenated to one row, like this:
Code:
1    AAA    BBB    2    CCC    DDD

What can be wrong with the script?
Last edited by Scrutinizer; 01-10-2013 at 08:28 AM.. Reason: code tags also for data
# 2  
Old 01-10-2013
Try something like this:
Code:
awk '$1=$1' FS=";" OFS="\t" file

# 3  
Old 01-10-2013
Or
Code:
$ tr ';' '     ' <file
1    AAA    BBB
2    CCC    DDD

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