This issue seems to be resolved, but for completeness on the sub-topic of csvtool, there are options for specifying the input and output field separators (see -t and -u below). I should have presented this version first:
produces the same output as in post #5.
In addition, there are some facilities that handle embedded problematic characters in field strings in csv-formatted files with perl modules. For example, a small code (about 15 lines of script, but surrounded by 100 lines of supporting code for error detection, argument processing, etc. plus comments) adds quotes to fields, as in:
producing:
Best wishes ... cheers, drl
Hi,
I have several text files each containing some data as shown below:
File1.txt
>DataHeader
Data...
Data...
File2.txt
>DataHeader
Data...
Data...
etc.
What I want is to change the 'DataHeader' based on the file name. So the output should look like:
File1.txt
>File1
... (1 Reply)
Hi,
I need helping in finding some of the text in one file and some columns which have same column in file 1
EG
cat file_1
aaaa
bbbb
cccc
dddd
eeee
fffff
gggg
hhhh
cat file_2
aaaa,abcd,effgh,ereref,name,age,sex,...........
bbbb,efdfh,erere,afdafds,name,age,sex.............. (1 Reply)
Hi All,
I have some data like below.
Step1,Param1,Param2,Param3
1,2,3,4
2,3,4,5
2,4,5,6
3,0,1,2
3,0,0,0
3,2,1,3
........
so on
Where I need to find the median(arithmetic) of each column from Param1...to..Param3 for each set of Step1 values.
(Sort each specific column, if the... (5 Replies)
Hi All,
I want to remove the content based on the header information .
Please find the example below.
File1.txt
Name|Last|First|Location|DepId|Depname|DepLoc
naga|rr|tion|hyd|1|wer|opr
Nava|ra|tin|gen|2|wera|opra
I have to search for the DepId and remove the data from the... (5 Replies)
Hi All,
I need the modification for the below mentioned code (found in one more post https://www.unix.com/shell-programming-scripting/27161-script-generate-average-values.html) to find the average values for all the columns(but for a specific rows) and print the averages side by side.
I have... (4 Replies)
Hi,
I have two input files; file1 and file2. I compare them based on matched values in 1 column and print selected columns of the second file (file2). I got the result but the header was not printed. i want the header of file2 to be printed together with the result. Then i did below codes:-
... (3 Replies)
Hello,
I have some tab delimited text files with a three header rows. The headers look like, (sorry the tabs look so messy).
index group Name input input input input input input input input input input input... (9 Replies)
Hi Friends,
I have files with columns like this. This sample input below is partial.
Please check below for main file link. Each file will have only two rows.
... (8 Replies)
I've been struggling with this one for quite a while and cannot seem to find a solution for this find/replace scenario. Perhaps I'm getting rusty.
I have a file that contains a number of metrics (exactly 3 fields per line) from a few appliances that are collected in parallel. To identify the... (3 Replies)
Hi All,
i am trying to print required multiple columns dynamically from a fie.
But i am able to print only one column at a time.
i am new to shell script, please help me on this issue.
i am using below script
awk -v COLT=$1 '
NR==1 {
for (i=1; i<=NF; i++) {
... (2 Replies)