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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Flat File - Comma Delimited Post 302553834 by priya33184 on Friday 9th of September 2011 01:20:22 AM
Old 09-09-2011
Flat File - Comma Delimited
I have a flat file whose contents are comma delimited and there are 84 columns in total, so everytime I try to view the contents, things get over lapped it becomes diffcult to read through the result set.

Is there a command / what would be the best way...if I want to view the results alligned properly and also within my page width?

I hope my explanation is clear....please see an example output of two rows below:

Code:
"1314406694490880000","1","","1d954bd2f796967ce137892afd0b642e","","2011-04-08 19:59:00.0","1","00:00:20","www.homedepot.com","100K","$500M - 1B","Wholesale  Distribution","Unknown","Unknown","Unknown","27","","","","http://www.asterdata.com","","0"
"1314406694490880001","1","","1d954bd2f796967ce137892afd0b642e","","2011-04-08 19:59:00.0","2","00:00:09","www.homedepot.com","100K","$500M - 1B","Wholesale  Distribution","Unknown","Unknown","Unknown","27","","","","http://www.asterdata.com","","0"



I want this to be alligned as something like this:

Code:
"1314406694490880000",   "1",   "1d954bd2f796967ce137892afd0b642e"
"1314406694490880001",   "",     "1d954bd2f796967ce137892afd0b642e"

Last edited by radoulov; 09-09-2011 at 12:42 PM.. Reason: Code tags, please!
 

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PPI::Statement::Unknown(3)				User Contributed Perl Documentation				PPI::Statement::Unknown(3)

NAME

       PPI::Statement::Unknown - An unknown or transient statement

INHERITANCE

	 PPI::Statement::Unknown
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	     isa PPI::Node
		 isa PPI::Element

DESCRIPTION

       The "PPI::Statement::Unknown" class is used primarily during the lexing process to hold elements that are known to be statement, but for
       which the exact "type" of statement is as yet unknown, and requires further tokens in order to resolve the correct type.

       They should not exist in a fully parse valid document, and if any exists they indicate either a problem in Document, or possibly (by
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METHODS

       "PPI::Statement::Unknown" has no additional methods beyond the default ones provided by PPI::Statement, PPI::Node and PPI::Element.

SUPPORT

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AUTHOR

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