01-03-2007
I just copied anbu23's code and added the "> newfile" in red after it to show how to redirect the results into a new file. anbu23 would be able to explain his code better than I would, although I think your question about "str=str" lies in confusion over the syntax. In fact, the full assignment is "str=str FS $i;" (i.e., str is being set equal to everything up to the semicolon) -- in this case, str is set to the value of str followed by the file separator "FS", in this case "|", followed by the value of the current field being processed ($i).
I'm not sure if I understand your question about how to use the code on a file... in anbu23's example, "f1" is the original file.
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CUT(1) User Commands CUT(1)
NAME
cut - remove sections from each line of files
SYNOPSIS
cut OPTION... [FILE]...
DESCRIPTION
Print selected parts of lines from each FILE to standard output.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
-b, --bytes=LIST
select only these bytes
-c, --characters=LIST
select only these characters
-d, --delimiter=DELIM
use DELIM instead of TAB for field delimiter
-f, --fields=LIST
select only these fields; also print any line that contains no delimiter character, unless the -s option is specified
-n with -b: don't split multibyte characters
--complement
complement the set of selected bytes, characters or fields
-s, --only-delimited
do not print lines not containing delimiters
--output-delimiter=STRING
use STRING as the output delimiter the default is to use the input delimiter
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
Use one, and only one of -b, -c or -f. Each LIST is made up of one range, or many ranges separated by commas. Selected input is written
in the same order that it is read, and is written exactly once. Each range is one of:
N N'th byte, character or field, counted from 1
N- from N'th byte, character or field, to end of line
N-M from N'th to M'th (included) byte, character or field
-M from first to M'th (included) byte, character or field
With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
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AUTHOR
Written by David M. Ihnat, David MacKenzie, and Jim Meyering.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for cut is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and cut programs are properly installed at your site, the
command
info coreutils 'cut invocation'
should give you access to the complete manual.
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