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Old 05-13-2010
Need help in writing a script to edit a file
Hi all,

I need help in writing a script to edit a file

Here is the sample of my file

Code:
abc xxx  123
         456
         789
         045

def yyy  987
         678
         098

cdf zzz  435
         543

jhg vvv  987
         765
         967

I would like to edit that file looking like this

Code:
abc 123
abc 456
abc 789
abc 045

def 987
def 678
def 098

cdf 435
cdf 543

jhg 987
jhg 765
jhg 967

Please let me know the best way to do this. Thanks for the help in advance....
Last edited by Franklin52; 05-13-2010 at 07:08 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags!
# 2  
Old 05-13-2010
Hi
Try this

Code:
awk 'NF{if (NF==3){x=$1; print $1,$NF;}else{print x,$1;};next}1' file

Thanks
Guru
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leo.maveriick
# 3  
Old 05-13-2010
Thanks a lot..it works great
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