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Old 06-16-2010
unix command to insert double quotes in a delimited file

Hi, I am looking for a unix command which inserts double quotes around all values in a delimited file. For example,

Input File
Code:
153665031,abc,abc ,abc                                   
131278839,def,def ,dec                                   
179821481,efg,efg ,lmn

Output
Code:
"153665031","abc","abc","abc"                                   
"131278839","def","def","dec"                                   
"179821481","efg","efg","lmn"

Please somebody give me a hint. Thanks!

Last edited by radoulov; 06-16-2010 at 09:57 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags!
# 2  
Old 06-16-2010
Code:
 sed 's/\([^,]*\)/"&"/g' infile

# 3  
Old 06-16-2010
MySQL Thanks

Hi radoulov,

Thanks a lot.

That was quick and perfect. Thanks again.
# 4  
Old 06-16-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by radoulov
Code:
 sed 's/\([^,]*\)/"&"/g' infile

This code is like some correct Smilie

Code:
# sed 's/\([^,]*\)/"&"/g' file
"153665031","abc","abc ","abc                                   "
"131278839","def","def ","dec                                   "
"179821481","efg","efg ","lmn"

can try this

Code:
# sed 's/\([^,]*\)/"&"/g' dos | sed 's/ *//g'
"153665031","abc","abc","abc"
"131278839","def","def","dec"
"179821481","efg","efg","lmn"

or

Code:
# sed 's/ //g' dos | sed 's/\(.*\),\(.*\),\(.*\),\(.*\)/"\1","\2","\3","\4"/'
"153665031","abc","abc","abc"
"131278839","def","def","dec"
"179821481","efg","efg","lmn"


Last edited by ygemici; 06-16-2010 at 10:53 AM..
# 5  
Old 06-16-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by radoulov
Code:
 sed 's/\([^,]*\)/"&"/g'  infile

Hi radoulov, this would be equivalent to this no?
Code:
sed 's/[^,]*/"&"/g' infile

Quote:
Originally Posted by ygemici
..

Code:
# sed 's/\([^,]*\)/"&"/g' dos | sed 's/ *//g'
"153665031","abc","abc","abc"
"131278839","def","def","dec"
"179821481","efg","efg","lmn"

or

Code:
# sed 's/ //g' dos | sed 's/\(.*\),\(.*\),\(.*\),\(.*\)/"\1","\2","\3","\4"/'
"153665031","abc","abc","abc"
"131278839","def","def","dec"
"179821481","efg","efg","lmn"

The first will also delete spaces in fields
The second is only for 4 fields
You would have to do something like this to get rid of spurious whitespace:
Code:
sed 's/^[ \t]*/"/; s/[ \t]*,[ \t]*/","/g; s/[ \t]*$/"/' infile

# 6  
Old 06-16-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by Scrutinizer
Hi radoulov, this would be equivalent to this no?
Code:
sed 's/[^,]*/"&"/g' infile

[...]
Yes, good point Smilie
The parens. are unnecessary.
# 7  
Old 06-17-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by Scrutinizer
Hi radoulov, this would be equivalent to this no?
Code:
sed 's/[^,]*/"&"/g' infile

The first will also delete spaces in fields
The second is only for 4 fields
You would have to do something like this to get rid of spurious whitespace:
Code:
sed 's/^[ \t]*/"/; s/[ \t]*,[ \t]*/","/g; s/[ \t]*$/"/' infile

Thanks for your information Smilie

Code:
# cat infile
153665031,abc,abc ,abc, defdasdasd,dasdasdas,dasdasdpjqwopw,dasdasdqwdqw
131278839,def,def ,dec,sdasdadasd,dasdasdas,ferfefer,fergtrghtynu,nynjyunsdasasasd,dasdadas
179821481,efg,efg ,lmn,ijjjjopkpkpd   ,  asjpdjasda         , dsddjqwqwddw
fergtrgdasdasdas,adadaa,dasdasdasdasdd          ,dasdasdasddas          das,,
fergtrghtynu,sdasda  , dddwddasd , 12121231223r4 ,e2e2e ,12121

Code:
# sed -e 's/ *//g' -e 's/\t//g' -e 's:\([[:alnum:]]*[[:digit:]]*\),:"\1",:g' \
> 's:",\([[:alnum:]][[:alnum:]]*\):","\1":' -e 's:",\([[:digit:]][[:digit:]]*\):","\1":' infile
"153665031","abc","abc","abc","defdasdasd","dasdasdas","dasdasdpjqwopw","dasdasdqwdqw"
"131278839","def","def","dec","sdasdadasd","dasdasdas","ferfefer","fergtrghtynu","nynjyunsdasasasd","dasdadas"
"179821481","efg","efg","lmn","ijjjjopkpkpd","asjpdjasda","dsddjqwqwddw"
"fergtrgdasdasdas","adadaa","dasdasdasdasdd","dasdasdasddasdas","",
"fergtrghtynu","sdasda","dddwddasd","12121231223r4","e2e2e","12121"

 
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