AWK scripting - Page 2

Muki101 · #1 (**permalink**) 12-01-2008

Thanks Franklin52, the code you gave works just fine, except there is one problem. I want it to make a new paragraph when tab is used as well.

So if the input file is:

Code:

First line of the second paragraph.
Second line of the second paragraph.
     Third as well.

The output is:

Code:

First line of the second paragraph. Second line of the second paragraph.
     
Third as well.

I tried adding "\t" to RS in addition to the "\n\n". Is that the right thing to do anyway? Agaiss it isn't, cause if I replaced the "\n\n" with "\t" then it should have made a new paragraph to my mind, but it didn't. So any further assistance is greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

Franklin52 · #2 (**permalink**) 12-01-2008

You can left the awk code unaltered. Translate the tabs to newlines with tr and pipe the output to the awk command:

Code:

tr '\t' '\n' < file | awk 'BEGIN {RS=ORS="\n\n"} $1=$1'

This is what I get:

Code:

$ cat file
    The first line.
Second line.

First line of the second paragraph.
Second line of the second paragraph.
    Third as well.
$
$ tr '\t' '\n' < file | awk 'BEGIN {RS=ORS="\n\n"} $1=$1'
The first line. Second line.

First line of the second paragraph. Second line of the second paragraph.

Third as well

Regards

summer_cherry · #3 (**permalink**) 12-02-2008

Hi i think perl is a little bit easier than awk

Code:

$/="\n\n";
open FH,"<a.txt";
while(<FH>){
	tr/\n//d;
	print $_,"\n";
}

Muki101 · #4 (**permalink**) 12-02-2008

Thanks alot Franklin52! Works just fine

But I was wondering whether it`s possible to do it entirely int AWK?

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