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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Format Fields Post 302518423 by Chirel on Friday 29th of April 2011 02:57:07 PM
Old 04-29-2011
I dunno where you did it wrong, because in all the test i can make i have exactly the output you want.

Here is a sample screen log :

Code:
chirel@linux$ cat file.txt
abc   ,def ghi      ,jkl      ,     abc, def, ghi, jkl, mno, pqr, stu, vwx, yz, 012, 345
MNO  ,PQR STU      ,VWX      ,     ABC, DEF, GHI, JKL, MNO, PQR, STU, VWX, YZ, 012, 345
Abc   ,Def Ghi      ,Jkl      ,     Abc, Def, Ghi, Jkl, Mno, Pqr, Stu, Vwx, Yz, 012, 345
chirel@linux$ for i in $(seq 1 14); do echo "Field ${i}:"; awk -F',' "{print \$${i}}" file.txt | sed 's/^ *//; s/ *$//'; done
Field 1:
abc
MNO
Abc
Field 2:
def ghi
PQR STU
Def Ghi
Field 3:
jkl
VWX
Jkl
Field 4:
abc
ABC
Abc
Field 5:
def
DEF
Def
Field 6:
ghi
GHI
Ghi
Field 7:
jkl
JKL
Jkl
Field 8:
mno
MNO
Mno
Field 9:
pqr
PQR
Pqr
Field 10:
stu
STU
Stu
Field 11:
vwx
VWX
Vwx
Field 12:
yz
YZ
Yz
Field 13:
012
012
012
Field 14:
345
345
345
chirel@linux$

 

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RESIZE(1)						      General Commands Manual							 RESIZE(1)

NAME
resize - set TERMCAP and terminal settings to current xterm window size SYNOPSIS
resize [ -u | -c ] [ -s [ row col ] ] DESCRIPTION
Resize prints a shell command for setting the TERM and TERMCAP environment variables to indicate the current size of xterm window from which the command is run. For this output to take effect, resize must either be evaluated as part of the command line (usually done with a shell alias or function) or else redirected to a file which can then be read in. From the C shell (usually known as /bin/csh), the follow- ing alias could be defined in the user's .cshrc: % alias rs 'set noglob; eval `resize`' After resizing the window, the user would type: % rs Users of versions of the Bourne shell (usually known as /bin/sh) that don't have command functions will need to send the output to a tempo- rary file and the read it back in with the ``.'' command: $ resize > /tmp/out $ . /tmp/out OPTIONS
The following options may be used with resize: -u This option indicates that Bourne shell commands should be generated even if the user's current shell isn't /bin/sh. -c This option indicates that C shell commands should be generated even if the user's current shell isn't /bin/csh. -s [rows columns] This option indicates that Sun console escape sequences will be used instead of the VT100-style xterm escape codes. If rows and columns are given, resize will ask the xterm to resize itself. However, the window manager may choose to disallow the change. Note that the Sun console escape sequences are recognized by XFree86 xterm and by dtterm. The resize program may be installed as sunsize, which causes makes it assume the -s option. The rows and columns arguments must appear last; though they are normally associated with the -s option, they are parsed sepa- rately. FILES
/etc/termcap for the base termcap entry to modify. ~/.cshrc user's alias for the command. SEE ALSO
csh(1), tset(1), xterm(1) AUTHORS
Mark Vandevoorde (MIT-Athena), Edward Moy (Berkeley) Copyright (c) 1984, 1985 by X Consortium See X() for a complete copyright notice. X Window System RESIZE(1)
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