AWK Script to convert input file(s) to output file


 
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# 8  
Old 08-27-2010
Many thanks Frans for your help
- I decided to go with awk in the end but thanks anyway!

---------- Post updated at 10:33 AM ---------- Previous update was at 10:32 AM ----------

rdcwayx - this is superb and achieves exactly what required!
Many thanks for your swift reply!
# 9  
Old 08-27-2010
Another one:
Code:
awk '$4=="1"{print "HEADER " $1,$2,$3}{print "DETAIL " $4,$5,$6,$7}' file

# 10  
Old 08-29-2010
perl

Code:
while(<DATA>){
  chomp;
  my ($a,$b)=$_=~/(\S*\s\S*\s\S*)\s(.*)/;
  push @{$hash{$a}}, $b;
}
for my $key (keys %hash){
 print "Header ",$key,"\nDetail ";
 print join "\nDetail ",@{$hash{$key}};
 print "\n";
}
__DATA__
aaaa bbbbb ccccc 1 xxxx aaa bbb
aaaa bbbbb ccccc 2 abcd aaa CCC
aaaa bbbbb ccccc 3 fghi bbb deppp


Last edited by Scott; 08-30-2010 at 02:37 AM.. Reason: Code tags
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