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If field 4 contains semicolon terminated fields instead of semicolon separated fields, that is a good change. If field 4 contains semicolon separated fields as shown in you sample input, this change...

If I understand your problem correctly, I don't see any need for anything but one awk script for this problem. Try:
awk '
BEGIN { FS = OFS = "|"
}
{ while(NF < 5) {
if(NF <= 1) {
# Read a...

I don't see why you need to modify commas for what you seem to be trying to do.

How is the <newline> (or <carriage-return><newline>) incorrectly inserted in field 4 supposed to be modified? ...

What have you tried to solve this problem?

I don't see anything in your description that explains why the transformations shown in red above happened. What input characters are supposed to be...

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First of all, use Code Tags when you post any code or data samples so others can easily read...