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Old 07-06-2010
Modifying data within the same line
My file looks like this
Quote:
;1.0
26;27;30;39;45;46;47;48;51;54;55;56;57;58;59;60;61;62;63;64;65;66;68;69;71;72;73;74;76;77;78;80;82;8 3;84;85;86;87;88;89;90;91;93;94;95;96;97;98;99;102;103;104;105;106;107;108;109;110;114;115;116;119;1 20;121;124;133;136;141;145;147;150;151;157;
10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;1 0;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10 ;10;10;10;10;10;10;
>GHXCZCC01AJ9EA Freq 59;1;;;;
GTCTGGACCCGGGGCGAGGCTGTCGCGCCGGTTTCATGCCCGCGTCTCCCACCGTGCGGCTGCAGGTTATAAA
>GHXCZCC01ANKKF Freq 33;1;;;;
GTCTGGACCCGGGGCGAGGCTGTCGCGCCGGTTTCATGCCCGCGTCTCCCACCGTGCGGCTGCAGGTTATAGA
>GHXCZCC01AQARH Freq 22;1;;;;
GTCTGGACCCGGGGTGAGGCTGTCGCGCCGGTTCCCTGCCCGCGTCTCCCACCATGCGGCTGCAGGTTATAGA
>GHXCZCC01AL97H Freq 21;1;;;;
GTCTGGACCCGGGGTGAGGCTGTCGCGCCGGTTTCATGCCCGCGTCTCCCACCGTGCGGCTCCAGGTTATAGA
>GHXCZCC01AO1HG Freq 313;1;;;;
GTCTGGACCCGGGGCGAGGCTGTCGCGCCGGTTCCCTGCCCGCGTCTCCCACCATGCGGCTGCAGGTTATAGA
But I need to move the frequency value (Freq) to the second position, leaving intact the numbers at the top. The resulting file should look like this
Quote:
;1.0
26;27;30;39;45;46;47;48;51;54;55;56;57;58;59;60;61;62;63;64;65;66;68;69;71;72;73;74;76;77;78;80;82;8 3;84;85;86;87;88;89;90;91;93;94;95;96;97;98;99;102;103;104;105;106;107;108;109;110;114;115;116;119;1 20;121;124;133;136;141;145;147;150;151;157;
10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;1 0;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10;10 ;10;10;10;10;10;10;
>GHXCZCC01AJ9EA ;59;;;;
GTCTGGACCCGGGGCGAGGCTGTCGCGCCGGTTTCATGCCCGCGTCTCCCACCGTGCGGCTGCAGGTTATAAA
>GHXCZCC01ANKKF ;33;;;;
GTCTGGACCCGGGGCGAGGCTGTCGCGCCGGTTTCATGCCCGCGTCTCCCACCGTGCGGCTGCAGGTTATAGA
>GHXCZCC01AQARH ;22;;;;
GTCTGGACCCGGGGTGAGGCTGTCGCGCCGGTTCCCTGCCCGCGTCTCCCACCATGCGGCTGCAGGTTATAGA
>GHXCZCC01AL97H ;21;;;;
GTCTGGACCCGGGGTGAGGCTGTCGCGCCGGTTTCATGCCCGCGTCTCCCACCGTGCGGCTCCAGGTTATAGA
>GHXCZCC01AO1HG ;313;;;;
GTCTGGACCCGGGGCGAGGCTGTCGCGCCGGTTCCCTGCCCGCGTCTCCCACCATGCGGCTGCAGGTTATAGA
Thanks in advance!
# 2  
Old 07-06-2010
Do you want to remove Freq from all the lines ?

Can you highlight the changes you need?
# 3  
Old 07-06-2010
Code:
perl -ple 's/Freq (\d+);1/;$1/' file > outfile

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Old 07-06-2010
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