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Old 06-14-2012
Remove line breaks in csv file using shell script

Hi All,

I've a csv file in which the record is getting break into 1 line or more than one line. I want to combine those splits into one line and remove the unwanted character existing in the record i.e. double quote symbol ("). The line gets break only when the record contains double quote(") symbol. Please find the following current and expected csv file format.

Current CSV file:
Code:
TESTID1|ACTIVE|Todd|Geller|Marketing Dir-Sales Model (IC)|TIER1
TESTID2|ACTIVE|Todd|Geller|Marketing Dir-Sales Model (MCA)|TIER2
TESTID3|ACTIVE|Todd|Geller|"Marketing Dir-Sales
 Model (MCA)"|TIER4
TESTID3|ACTIVE|Todd|Geller|"Marketing Dir
 
         -Sales
 
 Model (MCA)"|TIER4

Expected CSV file:
Code:
TESTID1|ACTIVE|Todd|Geller|Marketing Dir-Sales Model (IC)|TIER1
TESTID2|ACTIVE|Todd|Geller|Marketing Dir-Sales Model (MCA)|TIER2
TESTID3|ACTIVE|Todd|Geller|Marketing Dir-Sales Model (MCA)|TIER4
TESTID3|ACTIVE|Todd|Geller|Marketing Dir-Sales Model (MCA)|TIER4

I know its bit difficult to find the solution but it would be great if anyone can help me out in getting the script prepared to fix this issue.

Thanks in Advance.

Last edited by Franklin52; 06-14-2012 at 08:05 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags for data and code samples
 

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NAME
MooseX::Types::Path::Class - A Path::Class type library for Moose SYNOPSIS
package MyClass; use Moose; use MooseX::Types::Path::Class; with 'MooseX::Getopt'; # optional has 'dir' => ( is => 'ro', isa => 'Path::Class::Dir', required => 1, coerce => 1, ); has 'file' => ( is => 'ro', isa => 'Path::Class::File', required => 1, coerce => 1, ); # these attributes are coerced to the # appropriate Path::Class objects MyClass->new( dir => '/some/directory/', file => '/some/file' ); DESCRIPTION
MooseX::Types::Path::Class creates common Moose types, coercions and option specifications useful for dealing with Path::Class objects as Moose attributes. Coercions (see Moose::Util::TypeConstraints) are made from both 'Str' and 'ArrayRef' to both Path::Class::Dir and Path::Class::File objects. If you have MooseX::Getopt installed, the Getopt option type ("=s") will be added for both Path::Class::Dir and Path::Class::File. EXPORTS
None of these are exported by default. They are provided via MooseX::Types. Dir, File These exports can be used instead of the full class names. Example: package MyClass; use Moose; use MooseX::Types::Path::Class qw(Dir File); has 'dir' => ( is => 'ro', isa => Dir, required => 1, coerce => 1, ); has 'file' => ( is => 'ro', isa => File, required => 1, coerce => 1, ); Note that there are no quotes around Dir or File. is_Dir($value), is_File($value) Returns true or false based on whether $value is a valid Dir or File. to_Dir($value), to_File($value) Attempts to coerce $value to a Dir or File. Returns the coerced value or false if the coercion failed. DEPENDENCIES
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