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Old 09-11-2009
And if input file is not sorted on first column:

Code:
BEGIN{FS=", ";ORS=""}
{
	_[$1]=_[$1]?
	sprintf("%s  %*s, %s\n",_[$1],length($1)+length($2),$2,$3):
	sprintf("%s, %s, %s\n",$1,$2,$3)
}
END{for(i in _) print _[i]}

# 9  
Old 09-11-2009
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Originally Posted by trichyselva
hi
thanks for your help
the solution you gave was working
can you plz. explain me how it is working
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