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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting How to delete a column/columns of a CSV file which has cell values with a string enclosed in " , "? Post 302825437 by Yoda on Monday 24th of June 2013 12:11:13 PM
Old 06-24-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by dhruuv369
can you please explain the code...
Code:
awk -F, '                               # Set comma as input field separator
        NR == 1 {                       # If NR (total records read) == 1
                NF -= 3                 # Subtract 3 from NF (number of fields in current record)
        }
        NF > 1 {                        # If NR (total records read) > 1
                sub (/",.*/, "\"")      # Substitute " followed by , followed by .* (0 or more occurrence of any char) with "
        }
        1                               # 1 == true (if true, default awk action is print)
' OFS=, file                            # Set comma as output field separator

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DPKG-AWK(1)						      General Commands Manual						       DPKG-AWK(1)

NAME
dpkg-awk - Utility to read a dpkg style db file SYNOPSIS
dpkg-awk [(-f|--file) filename] [(-d|--debug) ##] [(-s|--sort) list] [(-rs|--rec_sep) ??] '<fieldname>:<regex>' ... -- <out_fieldname> .. DESCRIPTION
dpkg-awk Parses a dpkg status file (or other similarly formatted file) and outputs the resulting records. It can use regex on the field values to limit the returned records, it can also be told which fields to output, and it can sort the matched fields. OPTIONS
-f filename --file filename The file to parse. The default is /var/lib/dpkg/status. -d [#] --debug [#] Each time this is specified, it increased the debug level. -s field(s) --sort field(s) A space or comma separated list of fields to sort on. -n field(s) --numeric field(s) A space or comma separated list of fields that should be interpreted as numeric in value. -rs ?? --rec_sep ?? Output this string at the end of each output paragraph. -h --help Display some help. fieldname The fields from the file, that are matched with the regex given. The fieldnames are case insensitive. out_fieldname The fields from the file, that are output for each record. If the first field listed begins with ^, then the list of fields that follows will NOT be output. BUGS
Be warned that the author has only a shallow understanding of the dpkg packaging system, so there are probably tons of bugs in this pro- gram. This program comes with no warranties. If running this program causes fire and brimstone to rain down upon the earth, you will be on your own. This program accesses the dpkg database directly in places, querying for data that cannot be gotten via dpkg. AUTHOR
Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org> DEBIAN
Debian Utilities DPKG-AWK(1)
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