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Old 03-08-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by before4
May data
Code:
   Name = Andi
Address = none
   Phone = 82728

   Name = Peter
Address = none
   Phone = 98799

The expected output
Code:
Name,Address,Phone
Andi,none,82728
Peter,none,98799

what i have done
Code:
$ awk -F"=" '{print $2}' data.txt |paste -sd ,
 Andi, none, 82728,, Peter, none, 98799

Thx in Adv.
Code:
# awk -vfs=',' 'BEGIN{printf "%s%s%s\n","Name"fs,"Address"fs,"Phone";}{
if($0!~/^ *$/) a[++x]=$NF;else b[x]=x-1};END{for(i=1;i<=x;i++)if(i-1==b[i]&&b[i]!=0||i==x)printf "%s\n",a[i];
else{printf "%s"fs,a[i]}}' infile
Name,Address,Phone
Andi,none,82728
Peter,none,98799

regards
ygemici
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