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# 1  
Old 07-28-2009
Issues with converting Pipe delimited file into Tab delimited
My input file is Pipe delimited with 10 fields, I am trying to create a tab delimited output file with 6 fields from the provided input file.

Below is sample data

Input file
Code:
abc||2|PIN|num||||www.123.com|abc@123.com|
bcd||2|PIN|num|||||abc@123.com|
efg||2|PIN|num||||www.123.com|abc@123.com|
dbd||2|PIN|num|||||abc@123.com|


Expected Output file(tab delimited)

Code:
abc        2         PIN         num         www.123.com         abc@123.com
 bcd        2         PIN         num                                      abc@123.com
 efg         2         PIN         num         www.123.com         abc@123.com
 dbd         2         PIN         num                                     abc@123.com

I am able to convert the file into tab delimited output using awk -F"|" 'BEGIN{OFS="|"}{print $1" , however the output file generated has issues for somoe records with NULL URLs(www.123.com)

Sample data from my Output file

Code:
abc        2         PIN         num         www.123.com         abc@123.com
  bcd        2         PIN         num         abc@123.com
  efg         2         PIN         num         www.123.com         abc@123.com
  dbd         2         PIN         num        abc@123.com

What I need is in the case of a blank URL it should be replaced by tab or 'NA'

Can some one please help is achieving the desired output file ?

Thank you
Raghs,
Last edited by Yogesh Sawant; 07-28-2009 at 11:51 AM.. Reason: added code tags
# 2  
Old 07-28-2009
Code:
sed -e 's/|/        /g' input_file

where the tab is input with: CTRL-v TAB

output:

Code:
abc             2       PIN     num                             www.123.com     abc@123.com
bcd             2       PIN     num                                     abc@123.com
efg             2       PIN     num                             www.123.com     abc@123.com
dbd             2       PIN     num                                     abc@123.com

# 3  
Old 07-28-2009
Code:
sed 's/|/\t/g' filename

# 4  
Old 07-28-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by pasupuleti81
What I need is in the case of a blank URL it should be replaced by tab or 'NA'
Just a guess, though ...

Code:
sed -i 's/|||||/||||NN|/g' input.file

(then "awk as usual" ...).
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