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Hi,

I want to print specific columns (from 201 to 1001). The line that I am using is listed below. However I also want to print column 1. So column 1 and 201 to 1001. What modifcations do I need to make?

Code:

Code:

awk -F'\t' 'BEGIN {min = 201; max = 1001 }{for (i=min; i<=max; i++) printf "%s", $i (i < max ? FS : RS)}'  file > file2

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This prints COLUMNS (not rows): 201 to 1001.
Your question is confusing.
If you want to print column ONE as well:

Code:

awk -F'\t' 'BEGIN {min = 201; max = 1001 }{printf "%s" $1 FS; for (i=min; i<=max; i++) printf "%s", $i (i < max ? FS : RS)}'  file > file2

hey im sorry

also the code does not work.

hmm, it should. Do you really want to print COLUMNS not ROWS? That sounds a little bit strange, that you have a document with more than 1000 COLUMNS. Could you please provide an example of a line in your file?

sorry:

Code:

awk -F'\t' 'BEGIN {min = 201; max = 1001 }{printf "%s", $1 FS; for (i=min; i<=max; i++) printf "%s", $i (i < max ? FS : RS)}'  file > file2

yeah there is thousands of columns and I want to print column 1 and 201 to 1001