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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting help with cut command needed Post 302573847 by agama on Tuesday 15th of November 2011 09:08:14 PM
Old 11-15-2011
If by vertical row, you mean something like this:


Code:
one  two three four five six seven eight
one  two three four five six seven eight
one  two three four five six seven eight

And you want all ones and twos in file1, all threes and fours in file2 etc. then this might work for you:


Code:
#!/usr/bin/env ksh
awk '
    {
        for( i = 1; i < NF; i += 2 )
        {
            of = sprintf( "file%s", int((i/2)+1) );
            printf( "%s %s\n", $(i), $(i+1) ) >of;
        }
    }
'
exit


It creates one file for every two columns in each input line.
 

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env

ENV(1)							    BSD General Commands Manual 						    ENV(1)

NAME

     env -- set and print environment

SYNOPSIS

     env [-i] [name=value ...] [utility [argument ...]]

DESCRIPTION

     env executes utility after modifying the environment as specified on the command line.  The option name=value specifies an environmental
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EXIT STATUS

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SEE ALSO

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BUGS

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