Hi,

I have a file like this (tab seperated):

title number
JR  2
JR  2
JR  4
JR  5
NM  5
NM  8
NM  2
NM  8

awk '!/^$/{a[$1]=a[$1]"      "$2} END {for ( i in a) {print i,a[i]}}' filename

JR 2 2 4 5

NM 5 8 2 8

Define "cant be read" better. Are you getting an error when trying to read the file with something like 'cat' or 'more'? If so, what does the error say?

hi there is no error message

like when I opent eh file there is characters... but when I run cat, awk or any of the commands, a blank document is the result.

I've run commands many times so its not the code that im using. I was just wondering if anyone else has run into a problem like this and whether there is a quick solution to the problem.

What are you using to "open the file"? vi? some other editor?

What are the permissions on the file? Can you show me the result of an

ls -al <your.filename>