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# 1  
Old 04-09-2010
Single column into multiple rows
Hi all,

I need to convert this file having just one column into two column file

current file:
a
15
b
21
c
34
d
48
e
10

wanted:
a 15
b 21
c 34
d 48
e 10

Thanks in advance
# 2  
Old 04-09-2010
Try:
Code:
awk '{getline s; print $0, s}' file

# 3  
Old 04-09-2010
Its only giving me the 2nd column..

my actual file is like
/home/xyz/file1.txt
10:30 20090407
/home/xyz/file2.txt
11:30 20090407
/home/xyz/file3.txt
10:40 20090407
/home/xyz/file4.txt
09:30 20090407

It should giving like
file1.txt 11:30
file2.txt 11:30 .........
# 4  
Old 04-09-2010
try this for your specific requirements

Code:
#!/bin/sh
sed -n '1~2p' file_name >>temp
sed -n '0~2p' file_name >>temp_3
for line in `cat temp`
do
basename `echo $line`>>temp_2
done
paste temp_2 temp_3 |awk '{print $1 " " $2}'
rm -f temp_2 temp_3 temp

Smilie
# 5  
Old 04-09-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by prachiagra
Its only giving me the 2nd column..

my actual file is like
/home/xyz/file1.txt
10:30 20090407
/home/xyz/file2.txt
11:30 20090407
/home/xyz/file3.txt
10:40 20090407
/home/xyz/file4.txt
09:30 20090407

It should giving like
file1.txt 11:30
file2.txt 11:30 .........
Code:
awk '{sub(".*/","");s=$0; getline; print s, $1}' file

# 6  
Old 04-09-2010
or,

Code:
awk -F "/" '{getline n;split(n,a," ");print $NF,a[1]}' file

Code:
file1.txt 10:30
file2.txt 11:30
file3.txt 10:40
file4.txt 09:30

working for me.
# 7  
Old 04-09-2010
$ awk -F "/" '{getline n;split(n,a," "); print $NF,a[1]}' new
awk: syntax error near line 1
awk: bailing out near line 1

$ cat new
/home/xyz/file1.txt
10:30
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