Filtering out lines in a .csv file


 
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# 1  
Old 02-27-2013
Filtering out lines in a .csv file

Hi Guys,

Would need your expert help with the following situation..

I have a comma seperated .csv file, with a header row and data as follows

Code:
H1,H2,H3,H4,H5.....    (header row)
0,0,0,0,0,1,2....         (data rows follow)
0,0,0,0,0,0,1
.........
.........

i need a code that would, trigger a set of instructions(if-then condition) .. based on the situation like .. if any of the rows in H5,H4,H3 .. but not H1,H2 has a value greater than 1.

thanks,
dev
# 2  
Old 02-27-2013
awk has builtin column names $1, $2, ... $n

What exactly are you trying to do? - building a pile of if-then-else constructs is possible in awk in a very simple way. Huge blocks of if-then-else are prone to errors as well

Please give us sample input -> expected output.
# 3  
Old 02-27-2013
You could use sed to delete heading line and then read columns into an Array. Remember bash arrays are indexed from zero, so H[0] is column 1, H[5] is column 6:

Code:
#!/bin/bash
IFS=,
sed '1d' infile | while read -a H
do
   if [ ${H[0]} -le 1 -a ${H[1]} -le 1 ] &&
      [ ${H[4]} -gt 1 -o ${H[3]} -gt 1 -o ${H[2]} -gt 1 ]
   then
      echo "set of instructions"
   fi
done
IFS=$' \t\n'

# 4  
Old 03-02-2013
Hi Jim,

the sample file looks like this .. there are 18 columns in total, out of which last 3 are amount columns(D1 D2 D3), having certain values.. nothing has to be changed in the file .. the requirement is to read the last 3 columns of the file and in case any row has a value greater than '1' .. in that case 'a set of instructions' have to be executed..

Code:
H1 H2 H3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14 H15 D1 D2 D3
                                                  0   0   0
                                                  0   0   1
                                                  0   0   0
                                                  1   0   1
 
.....................
..............


thanks,
Dev
# 5  
Old 03-02-2013
Code:
awk '
{
        if ( NR == 1)
        {
                print
                next
        }
        if ( $16 > 1 || $17 > 1 || $18 > 1 )
        {
                # Put your set of instructions here
        }
} ' file

Note: Set field separator to comma if fields in your file are separated by comma:
Code:
awk -F, '

# 6  
Old 03-09-2013
thanks bipin, seems to be working but can this code be made a oneliner ?
# 7  
Old 03-09-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by dev.devil.1983
thanks bipin, seems to be working but can this code be made a oneliner ?
Just put it in one line Smilie
Code:
awk -F, 'NR==1{print;next}$16>1||$17>1||$18>1{#Put your set of instructions here}' file

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