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# 1  
Old 09-06-2010
Transpose columns to Rows

I have a data
Code:
A 1
B 2
C 3
D 4
E 5

i would like to change the data
Code:
A B C D E 
1 2 3 4 5

Pls suggest how we can do it in UNIX.

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Last edited by zaxxon; 09-06-2010 at 07:42 AM..
# 2  
Old 09-06-2010
Code:
awk 'END {
  for (i = 0; ++i <= NF;)
    for (j = 0; ++j <= NR;)
        printf "%s", _[j, i] (j < NR ? FS : RS)
    }
{
  for (i = 0; ++i <= NF;)
    _[NR, i] = $i
    }' infile

# 3  
Old 09-06-2010
TRANSPOSE

i have a file with recurring fields

Start
A 1
B 2
C 3
D 4
E 5
End

Start
A 11
B 12
C 23
D 25
E 21
End

I would like to convert
A B C D E
1 2 3 4 5
11 12 23 25 21
# 4  
Old 09-06-2010
Code:
awk 'NR==1{print $2,$4,$6,$8,$10}{print $3,$5,$7,$9,$11}' RS= infile

output:
Code:
A B C D E
1 2 3 4 5
11 12 23 25 21


Last edited by Scrutinizer; 09-06-2010 at 12:16 PM..
# 5  
Old 09-06-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by aravindj80
i have a file with recurring fields

Start
A 1
B 2
C 3
D 4
E 5
End

Start
A 11
B 12
C 23
D 25
E 21
End

I would like to convert
A B C D E
1 2 3 4 5
11 12 23 25 21
Follow radoulov's code:

Code:
awk '/Start/ {i++;a=1;next} /End/{a=0;next} {if (a==1) print > "file" i}' infile

join file* |awk 'END {
  for (i = 0; ++i <= NF;)
    for (j = 0; ++j <= NR;)
        printf "%s", _[j, i] (j < NR ? FS : RS)
    }
{
  for (i = 0; ++i <= NF;)
    _[NR, i] = $i
    }'


Last edited by rdcwayx; 09-06-2010 at 10:54 AM..
# 6  
Old 09-07-2010
Pls tell me the procedure to execute the below code.
# 7  
Old 01-16-2011
@Radoulov code

Code is great. is it possible to print tab delimited output from it?
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