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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Moving line up if line starts with + sign. Post 302804587 by hanson44 on Wednesday 8th of May 2013 11:59:33 PM
Old 05-09-2013
Code:
awk 'NR>1 && !/^\+/{print RS}1 END{print RS}' ORS= file1

Should be (using gawk anyway, did not test with other awk versions):
Code:
awk 'NR>1 && !/^\+/{print RS}{print} END{print RS}' ORS= file1

Code:
$ cat test.sh
echo input file:
cat file1
echo
echo original approach did not work:
awk '!/^\+/{ORS=FS}/^\+/{ORS=RS}1' file1
echo
echo
echo scrutinizer approach throws a syntax error:
awk 'NR>1 && !/^\+/{print RS}1 END{print RS}' ORS= file1
echo
echo scrutinizer approach modified a little works:
awk 'NR>1 && !/^\+/{print RS}{print} END{print RS}' ORS= file1
echo
echo yoda suggested change did not help:
awk '!/^\+/{ORS=""}/^\+/{ORS=RS}1' file1

Code:
$ ./test.sh
input file:
Line 1
+ Line 2
Line 3
+ Line 4
+ Line 5
Line 6
+ Line 7
+ Line 8
+ Line 9
Line 10
Line 11

original approach did not work:
Line 1 + Line 2
Line 3 + Line 4
+ Line 5
Line 6 + Line 7
+ Line 8
+ Line 9
Line 10 Line 11

scrutinizer approach throws a syntax error:
awk: cmd. line:1: NR>1 && !/^\+/{print RS}1 END{print RS}
awk: cmd. line:1:                           ^ syntax error

scrutinizer approach modified a little works:
Line 1+ Line 2
Line 3+ Line 4+ Line 5
Line 6+ Line 7+ Line 8+ Line 9
Line 10
Line 11

yoda suggested change did not help:
Line 1+ Line 2
Line 3+ Line 4
+ Line 5
Line 6+ Line 7
+ Line 8
+ Line 9
Line 10Line 11

This User Gave Thanks to hanson44 For This Post:
Scrutinizer
 

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LEARN ABOUT ULTRIX

mv

mv(1)							      General Commands Manual							     mv(1)

Name
       mv - move or rename files

Syntax
       mv [-i] [-f] [-] file1 file2

       mv [-i] [-f] [-] file... directory

Description
       The command moves (changes the name of) file1 to file2.

       If  file2  already  exists,  it is removed before file1 is moved.  If file2 has a mode which forbids writing, prints the mode and reads the
       standard input to obtain a line.  If the line begins with y, the move takes place.  If it does not, exits.  For further information, see

       In the second form, one or more files (plain files or directories) are moved to the directory with their original file-names.

       The command refuses to move a file onto itself.

Options
       -		   Interprets all following arguments as file names to allow file names starting with a minus.

       -f		   Force. This option overrides any mode restrictions or the -i switch.

       -i		   Interactive mode.  If a move is to supersede an existing file, the system prompts youw with the name of the	file  fol-
			   lowed  by  a question mark.	If you type a string that begins with y, the move occurs.  If you type any other response,
			   the move does not occur.

Restrictions
       If file1 and file2 lie on different file systems, must copy the file and delete the original.  In this case the owner name becomes that	of
       the copying process and any linking relationship with other files is lost.

See Also
       cp(1), ln(1)

																	     mv(1)
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