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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting 3 Columns to Row question Post 302262675 by drl on Friday 28th of November 2008 10:19:34 AM
Old 11-28-2008
Hi.

Similarly:
Code:
#!/bin/bash -

# @(#) s1       Demonstrate paste, column to row.

echo
echo "(Versions displayed with local utility \"version\")"
version >/dev/null 2>&1 && version "=o" $(_eat $0 $1) paste
set -o nounset
echo

FILE=${1-data1}

echo " Data file $FILE:"
cat $FILE

echo
echo " Results, paste default:"
paste - - - < $FILE

echo
echo " Results, paste separator:"
paste -d" " - - - < $FILE

exit 0

Producing:
Code:
% ./s1

(Versions displayed with local utility "version")
Linux 2.6.11-x1
GNU bash 2.05b.0
paste (coreutils) 5.2.1

 Data file data1:
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i

 Results, paste default:
a       b       c
d       e       f
g       h       i

 Results, paste separator:
a b c
d e f
g h i

cheers, drl
 

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       paste [OPTION]... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION

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       With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

       Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

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