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Old 10-05-2010
Convert a tab separated file using bash
Dear all,

I have a file in this format (like a matrix)
- A B C .. X
A 1 4 2 .. 2
B 2 6 4 .. 8
C 3 5 5 .. 4
. . . ... .
X . . ... .

and want to convert it into a file with this format:
A A = 1
A B = 4
A C = 2
...
A X = 2
B A = 2
B B = 6
etc

1) numbers and letters are separated with a tab
2) dots in the example represent numbers or letters

Is there an easy way in bash to make this conversion?

Thanks
# 2  
Old 10-05-2010
Code:
awk -F"\t" 'NR==1{ for(i=2;i<=27;i++){a[i]=$i}; next}
{for(i=2;i<=27;i++){print $1, a[i] " = " $i}}' file

This User Gave Thanks to Franklin52 For This Post:
TheTransporter
# 3  
Old 10-05-2010
Thank you very much, Franklin. It works perfectly! I have to adapt it a bit to read multiple files that have some weird format. But I will try.

Thanks again!
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