Shell Programming and Scripting

1. Light
1A. Light Soft
texture: it's soft
color: the color value is that of something light
vital statistics: srm: 23 og: 1.035 sp: 1.065
comment: this is nice if you like light colored soft things

1B. Medium
texture: it's soft-ish
color: the color is similar to light soft but because of the difference in texture it appears slightly darker to the naked eye
vital statistics: srm: 30 og: 1.020 sp: 1.070
comment: this is nice if you like light colored soft-ish things

2. German Stlye
2A. Blue Jeans
texture: jeany
color: blue stoopid
vital statistics: srm: 22 og: 1.045 sp: 1.211
comment: german blue jeans are really different that other blue jeans.

3. Last Example Category
3A. This is stoopid
texture: huh?
color: umm... white and black?
vital statustics: srm: 11 og: 1.222 sp: 1.222
comment: ugg

Light.dat

category|style|texture|color|srm|og|sp|comment
Light|Light Soft|it's soft|the color value is that of something light|23|1.035|1.065|this is nice if you like light colored soft things
Light|Medium|it's soft-ishthe color is similar to light soft but because of the difference in texture it appears slightly darker to the naked eye|30|1.020|1.070|this is nice if you like light colored soft-ish things

German Style.dat

category|style|texture|color|srm|og|sp|comment
German Style|Blue Jeans|jeany|blue stoopid|22|1.045|1.211|german blue jeans are really different that other blue jeans.

Last Example Category.dat

category|style|texture|color|srm|og|sp|comment
Last Example Category|This is stoopid|huh?|umm... white and black?|11|1.222|1.222|ugg

$ sed 's/^[0-9][A-Z]\. \|texture: \|^color: \|^vital statistics: srm: \| og: \| sp: \|^comment: /|/g' urfile
1. Light
|Light Soft
|it's soft
|the color value is that of something light
|23|1.035|1.065
|this is nice if you like light colored soft things

|Medium
|it's soft-ish
|the color is similar to light soft but because of the difference in texture it appears slightly darker to the naked eye
|30|1.020|1.070
|this is nice if you like light colored soft-ish things

2. German Stlye
|Blue Jeans
|jeany
|blue stoopid
|22|1.045|1.211
|german blue jeans are really different that other blue jeans.

3. Last Example Category
|This is stoopid
|huh?
|umm... white and black?
|11|1.222|1.222
|ugg

# cat awk.script
BEGIN{
        x="|"
        y=".dat"
        z="category|style|texture|color|srm|og|sp|comment"
     }
END{print r > (n y)}
        int($1)"."==$1{
                        if(r){
                                print r > (n y)
                                r=""
                             }
                        sub($1FS,"")
                        n=$0
                        }
        $1 ~ /[A-Z]\./{
                        sub($1FS,"")
                        r  = r ? r ORS n x $0: z ORS n x $0
                        }
        /vital/{
                        gsub(/[a-z]| /,"")
                        gsub("::","")
                        gsub(":","|")
                        r = r x $0
                }
        /^[a-z]/{
                        r = r x substr($0,(match($0,":")+2))
                }
# awk -f awk.script sample_file
# cat Light.dat
category|style|texture|color|srm|og|sp|comment
Light|Light Soft|it's soft|the color value is that of something light|23|1.035|1.065|this is nice if you like light colored soft things
Light|Medium|it's soft-ish|the color is similar to light soft but because of the difference in texture it appears slightly darker to the naked eye|30|1.020|1.070|this is nice if you like light colored soft-ish things
# cat German\ Stlye.dat
category|style|texture|color|srm|og|sp|comment
German Stlye|Blue Jeans|jeany|blue stoopid|22|1.045|1.211|german blue jeans are really different that other blue jeans.
# cat Last\ Example\ Category.dat
category|style|texture|color|srm|og|sp|comment
Last Example Category|This is stoopid|huh?|umm... white and black?|11|1.222|1.222|ugg

sed -r     '/vital/{s/\w+ \w+://;s/(\w+: \w+)/\n\1/g};' infile                  |
awk -F': ' 'function prl() { if(s!=""){print s>f".dat"}; sub(/[^ ]* /,"")       }
            BEGIN          { h="category|style|texture|color|srm|og|sp|comment" }
            /^[0-9]+\./    { prl(); f=$1; print h>f".dat"; s=""                 }
            /^[0-9]+[A-Z]/ { prl(); s=f"|"$1                                    }
            /:/            { s=s"|"$2                                           }
            END            { prl()                                              }'

sed        '/vital/{s/\w\+ \w\+://;s/\(\w\+: \w\+\)/\n\1/g};' infile            |