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# 1  
Old 04-16-2015
Need columns changed to rows
I have some data in a file that looks like the following:

Code:
[/AMDLib]
reqs     : 447342
max      : 3.455
avg      : 0.020
[/PClaimsWSv3]
reqs     : 68936
max      : 24.078
avg      : 0.202
[/aca]
reqs     : 1093
max      : 3:52.713
avg      : 3.358
[/attributequery]
reqs     : 0
max      : 0.000
total    : 0.000


I would like to convert the data to look like the following:
Code:
[/AMDLib]          reqs     : 447342 max : 3.455        avg : 0.020
[/PClaimsWSv3] reqs     : 68936   max : 24.078       avg : 0.202
[/aca]               reqs     : 1093    max  : 3:52.713    avg : 3.358
[/attributequery]reqs     : 0         max  : 0.000        total : 0.000

The data format per line isn't that important. If there is long spaces or short spaces it doesn't matter as long as the data is on the same line.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

-x96riley3
Last edited by vgersh99; 04-16-2015 at 11:43 AM.. Reason: code tags, please!
# 2  
Old 04-16-2015
Please use code tags for multiline segments.
Also, please share what you've already tried, with 81 posts you should know both of these points.

You might try something like: (untested, due to missing code tags)
Code:
while read line;do
	[ "\[/" = "${line:0:2}" ] && \
		printf "\n%s" "$line" || \
		printf "%s " "$line"
done<input_file

hth
# 3  
Old 04-16-2015
Code:
awk '/^[[][/]/ && FNR>1 {printf ORS} {printf("%s ", $0)}END {printf ORS}' myFile

# 4  
Old 04-16-2015
Or try:
Code:
awk '{$1=RS $1}NR>1' RS=\[ file

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vgersh99
# 5  
Old 04-16-2015
Code:
cat  filename  |  paste - - - -

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Scrutinizer
# 6  
Old 04-18-2015
Yes if there is always a repetition of 4 lines that would certainly do too, you could leave out the cat-and-pipe:
Code:
paste - - - - < filename

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