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Old 02-15-2014
Tools Auto correct a csv file using UNIX shell script.
Hi All,

There are list of 4-5 .csv files which has 12 columns.In some cases one of the record is split into 2 records. What needs to be done is this split record has to be auto corrected and placed in the csv file.

Eg:

Let us consider sample.csv file and in normal conditions the file would like below.

a,b,c,d,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n
a,b,c,d,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n
a,b,c,d,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n
a,b,c,d,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n

In some cases the sample.csv file would look like

a,b,c,d,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n
a,b,c,d,g,h,
i,j,k,l,m,n
a,b,c,d,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n
a,b,c,d,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n

a,b,c,d,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n
a,b,c,d,g,h
,i,j,k,l,m,n
a,b,c,d,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n
a,b,c,d,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n

If you see the line 2,3 the record is broken. It should be a single record.


How to identify the broken records?
How can we correct the file to look like the normal sample.csv file written earlier?


Thanks,
Karthik
Last edited by karthik_ak; 02-15-2014 at 06:59 AM.. Reason: Corrected some mistakes
 

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