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# 1  
Old 10-27-2009
Keep the last instance of the record

Hi All,

I have a input file like

Code:
1| abc
1| abcd
1| abcde
2| abc
2| abcd
3| abcde

I want the output like

Code:
1| abcde
2| abcde

Any help would be highly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Last edited by vgersh99; 10-27-2009 at 02:26 PM.. Reason: code tags, please!
# 2  
Old 10-27-2009
Code:
nawk ' /abcde/{i++;print i"|"$2} ' FS="|" infile

# 3  
Old 10-27-2009
Hi,

It is not always 'abcde' in the last instance of a record.So, I would like to catch the last instance of a record for that key column where 1 and 2 are key's.


Thanks in advance.
# 4  
Old 10-27-2009
Is the input sorted by key? That is, is the following input data valid or not?

1| abc
1| abcd
2| abc
2|abcd
1|abcdef
2|abcdef
# 5  
Old 10-27-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by lrkp
Hi,

It is not always 'abcde' in the last instance of a record.So, I would like to catch the last instance of a record for that key column where 1 and 2 are key's.


Thanks in advance.
Try this:

Code:
awk -F"|" 'k && $1 != k {print s}{k=$1;s=$1 FS $2}END{print s}' file


Last edited by Franklin52; 10-27-2009 at 05:07 PM.. Reason: Forgot the fieldseparator
# 6  
Old 10-27-2009
Code:
$ awk -F '|' '{A[$1]=$2}END{for (i in A) print i"|"A[i]}' infile
1| abcde
2| abcd
3| abcde

This is using your example infile. If the last record would be 2 |abcde then the output is:
Code:
1| abcde
2| abcde

The input does not need to be sorted.

Last edited by Scrutinizer; 10-27-2009 at 05:08 PM..
# 7  
Old 10-27-2009
Hi Scrutinizer,

Thanks for your reply.

I am getting the following error with your code

awk: 0602-500 Quitting The source line is 1.

Thanks in advance.

---------- Post updated at 05:31 PM ---------- Previous update was at 05:23 PM ----------

Quote:
Originally Posted by Franklin52
Try this:

Code:
awk -F"|" 'k && $1 != k {print s}{k=$1;s=$1 FS $2}END{print s}' file

Hi Franklin,

This code is working but has an issue.

One of my record is like below.

Code:
1|andndnnd
1| ahhhhhhhh MN
1| bbbbbbbbbb mmmmmmm MN101
1| bbbbbbbbbb mmmmmmm MN101  and some text here

the output was
Code:
1| bbbbbbbbbb mmmmmmm MN101

instead of
Code:
1| bbbbbbbbbb mmmmmmm MN101  and some text here

Thanks in advance.
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