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# 1  
Old 07-30-2010
Converting txt file in csv
HI All,


I have a text file memory.txt which has following values.


Code:
   Average:       822387   7346605     89.93    288845   4176593   2044589     51883      2.47      7600

i want to convert this file in csv format and i am using following command to do it.


Code:
  sed s/_/\./g < memory.txt | awk -F. '{ print $1","$2","$3","$4}' > test.csv

but I am getting output in just 3 columns. I want every value to be printed in new column.

I have also used this one but result is not accurate.

Code:
awk -F_ '{ print $1","$2","$3}' < memory.txt >  MemoryTemp.csv

plz tell me where i am doing wrong. i got this code from google.

Thanks in advance.
Last edited by zaxxon; 07-30-2010 at 05:35 AM.. Reason: added 1 more pair of missing code tags
# 2  
Old 07-30-2010
Since the 1st awk code just handles only first 3 fields you only get first 3 fields. There is also a substitution of underscores where there aren't any. So a following underscore as field separator is not working either. This code does not fit to your question at all. You can try this one - I've chosen the semicolon as separator:

Code:
$> sed 's/[[:space:]]\+/;/g' memory.txt > memory.csv
$> cat memory.csv
Average:;822387;7346605;89.93;288845;4176593;2044589;51883;2.47;7600

# 3  
Old 07-30-2010
Hi,
Try this,
Code:
tr -s ' ' ',' < inputfile

# 4  
Old 07-30-2010
Hi,

zaxxon: by choosing , (comma) as a separator, i got the required results. so thanks for your input.

Code:
sed 's/[[:space:]]\+/,/g' memory.txt > memory.csv

pravin27: your code is also working so thanks for your efforts.

Regards,
Kashif.
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