I have been using your script without any issue, until I had a data set with different row numbers (I mentioned above). So far, I had processed more than 5 groups of data sets (in each group I had 30 excel files), where in I did not face this kind of problem. Moreover, even I do not expect that, I would face this kind of issue. I thought, my data files have the same number of rows and columns. But, while processing multiple data files, I came to know that it differs. This is why I could not mention it earlier.
It is an example only. My data set would not be same as I mentioned above. In some cases, each file differ in terms of row number (number of rows are not same for all the files). Whereas, the number of columns are same for all the files.
I need to copy only the field/column number 1 and 5 regardless of the number of rows each file have. It would be tedious to know which file is short and which file is long when I have 50 or 60 excel files.
If it a prerequisite to know, which file is short and which file is long to write a script for the same, I would not have asked for help.
Hi,
I need to paste each 10 lines of single column to several columns.
Please, can anyone tell me how to write in awk?
Input File:
22
34
36
12
17
19
15
11
89
99
56
38
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Please help me. This is simple, but urgent problem for me. :(
I have a two files
file1
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 2 3 4 5 6
.....
file2
11 12 13 14 15
11 12 13 14 15
11 12 13 14 15
.....
1) I hope to make a new file, file 3, that consists of 2nd... (2 Replies)
Hi All,
I have a fixedwidth file of length 3000. Now i want to copy a column of 4 chars i.e( length 1678-1681) to column 1127 – 1171 to the same file.
Please let me know how can i achive using a single command in fixed width file.
Also source column length is 4 chars and target column length... (4 Replies)
Any shortcuts for doing this? I need to cut the column 4 values from File1 and paste them as column4 values of File2, but only for the (first) same number of lines as File1 . All rows in File1 are contained in File2 in the exact same order, so the cut paste should work.
File1 (with header and 3... (4 Replies)
Hello, I have a script extracting columns of useful numbers from a data file, and manipulating the numbers with awk commands. I have problems with my script...
1. There are two lines assigning numbers to $BaseForAveraging. If I use the commented line (the first one) and let the second one... (9 Replies)
Hi all,
I've multiple files. In this case 5. Space separated columns. Each file has 12 columns. Each file has 300-400K lines.
I want to get the output such that if a value in column 2 is present in all the files then get all the columns of that value and print it side by side.
Desired output... (15 Replies)
#cat data.txt
file1 folder1
file2 thisforfile2
file3 thisfolderforfile3
lata4 folder4
step 1: create the folder first in column 2
for i in `awk '{print $2}' data.txt`
do
mkdir /home/data/$i
done
step 2: locate the files in column1 and stored them into a file
for i in... (17 Replies)
Source Code of the original script is down below please run the script and try to solve this problem
this is my data and I want it column wise
2019-03-20 13:00:00:000
2019-03-20 15:00:00:000
1
Operating System
LAB
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1 (5 Replies)
Dear all
I have a multiple directories, say for example org1, org2, org3 ..... org100 and each directory having a file namely dnaG.fasta. I need to copy all the dnaG.fasta file from each directory and paste in another directory fastconcatg. Therefore, my script has to copy dnaG.fasta file from... (5 Replies)
I have number of csv files (like tmo_2019*). In these files some files have 5th column value as V. I want to copy those files having 5th column value as V to specific directory /test/V_files/.
I tried to extract file names by below but not able to complete command for copy.
find -type f -iname... (4 Replies)
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paste
paste(1) General Commands Manual paste(1)NAME
paste - Joins corresponding lines of several files or subsequent lines in one file
SYNOPSIS
paste [-d list] [-s] file...
STANDARDS
Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry standards as follows:
paste: XCU5.0
Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information about industry standards and associated tags.
OPTIONS
Replaces the delimiter that separates lines in the output (tab by default) with one or more characters from list. If list contains more
than one character, then the characters are repeated in order until the end of the output. In parallel merging, the lines from the last
file always end with a newline character, instead of one from list.
The following special characters can be used in list: Newline character Tab Backslash Empty string (not a null character) [Tru64
UNIX] An extended character
You must quote characters that have special meaning to the shell. Merges all lines from each input file into one line of output
(serial merging). Using this option, the paste command merges all lines in the first input file forcing a newline before at the
end. The command then continues with the next input file, continuing in the same manner until all input files have been completed.
A tab separates the input lines unless you use the -d option. Regardless of the list, the last character of the output is a newline
character.
OPERANDS
The name of an input file. You may specify up to 12 files, including hyphens.
If you specify a -, paste reads standard input recursively, one line for each -.
DESCRIPTION
Specifying the -d option or no options causes the paste command to treat each file as a column, joining them horizontally with a tab char-
acter by default (parallel merging).
Using the -s option, the paste command combines all lines of each input file into one output line (serial merging). These lines are joined
with the tab character by default.
Output lines can be any length.
[Tru64 UNIX] The output of pr -t -m is similar to the output produced by the paste command, but pr with its options creates extra spaces,
tabs, and lines for an enhanced page layout.
RESTRICTIONS
If the -s option is not used, it is an error if any specified file cannot be opened.
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned: Successful completion. An error occurred.
EXAMPLES
To paste several columns of data together, enter: paste names places dates > npd
This creates a file named npd that contains the data from names in one column, places in another, and dates in a third. The columns
are separated by tab characters.
File npd then contains:
rachel New York 28 February jerzy Warsaw 27 April mata Nairobi 21 June michel
Boca Raton 27 July segui Managua 18 November
A tab character separates the name, place, and date on each line. To separate the columns with a character other than a tab (sh
only), enter: paste -d"!@" names places dates > npd
This alternates the apostrophe (!) and the at sign (@) as the column separators. If names, places, and dates are the same as in
Example 1, then npd contains:
rachel!New York@28 February jerzy!Warsaw@27 April mata!Nairobi@21 June michel!Boca Raton@27 July segui!Managua@18 November To dis-
play the standard input in multiple columns, enter: ls | paste - - - -
This lists the current directory in four columns. Each hyphen (-) tells the paste command to create a column containing data read
from the standard input. The first line is put in the first column, the second line in the second column, ... and then the fifth
line in the first column, and so on.
This is equivalent to ls | paste -d"
" -s-
which fills the columns across the page with subsequent lines from the standard input. The -d
defines the character to
insert after each column: a tab character ( ) after the first three columns, and a newline character (
) after the fourth. Without
the -d option, paste -s - displays all of the input as one line with a tab between each column. To merge the lines of the file
names above into one output line, enter: paste -s names
This results in: rachel jerzy mata michel segui
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
The following environment variables affect the execution of paste: Provides a default value for the internationalization variables that are
unset or null. If LANG is unset or null, the corresponding value from the default locale is used. If any of the internationalization vari-
ables contain an invalid setting, the utility behaves as if none of the variables had been defined. If set to a non-empty string value,
overrides the values of all the other internationalization variables. Determines the locale for the interpretation of sequences of bytes
of text data as characters (for example, single-byte as opposed to multibyte characters in arguments and input files). Determines the
locale for the format and contents of diagnostic messages written to standard error. Determines the location of message catalogues for the
processing of LC_MESSAGES.
SEE ALSO
Commands: cut(1), grep(1), fold(1), join(1), pr(1)
Standards: standards(5)paste(1)