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Old 01-18-2011
Remove null in certain column
Hi, gurus,
I need remove lines in a file which contains null value in certain column
eg.
Code:
123, ,abc,def,cde
234,abc,cde,def
456,cde, ,bcd

in this file I need remove lines which second column contains null.
expected result:
Code:
234,abc,cde,def
456,cde, ,bcd

Smilie

Thanks in advance
Last edited by Scott; 01-18-2011 at 03:33 PM..
ken002
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Old 01-18-2011
Code:
awk -F, '$2 !~ / /'

Last edited by citaylor; 01-18-2011 at 03:39 PM.. Reason: typo
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Old 01-18-2011
using awk/gawk
Perhaps, something like:
Code:
awk -F',' '$2>"  " {print $0}' inputfile

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