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Old 03-03-2011
Arrange / format data using awk
Input

Code:
 
217:fngadi4osa:fngadi4osa:M 217:415744:N/A
227:fngadi4osa:fngadi4osa: M 227:51200:N/A
228:fngadi4osa:fngadi4osa: M 228:102400:N/A
65:sapgt04:sapgt04: M 65:104448:N/A
228:fngadi4osa:fngadi4oma: M 228:102400:N/A

Output

Code:
 
217:fngadi4osa:fngadi4osa:M 217:415744:N/A
227:fngadi4osa:fngadi4osa: M 227:51200:N/A
228:fngadi4osa:fngadi4osa: M 228:102400:N/A
228:fngadi4osa:fngadi4oma: M 228:102400:N/A
 
65:sapgt04:sapgt04: M 65:104448:N/A


Basically i want to arrange/couple data by a column x .. say in this case its column 3 and have a space between each set -- thx
# 2  
Old 03-03-2011
Try:
Code:
sort -t: -k3 infile | awk -F: '!a[$3]++{printf "\n"}1'

# 3  
Old 03-03-2011
Code:
awk -F: '{a[$3]=a[$3]==0?$0:a[$3] RS $0}END{for(i in a) print a[i] RS}' file

# 4  
Old 03-04-2011
Thank u guys ... Works !!
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