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# 1  
Old 04-25-2011
getting problem in awk command
Hi,

I have one file with tab delimited values in it. i want to increase the value of 6th field by 2 if value of 3rd field is greater than 2 . The command is working fine but space between the field is getting removed after adding.

below is the file and the command

Filename: test1.txt

1|2345|23|34|98|6 |2
2|4356|54|12|76|5 |5
3|2342|65|76|4 |3 |7
4|4556|76|34|54|2 |8
5|2352|87|12|23|7 |9

I want the output like below

1|2345|23|34|98|8 |2
2|4356|54|12|76|7 |5
3|2342|65|76|4 |5 |7
4|4556|76|34|54|4 |8
5|2352|87|12|23|9 |9

but i am getting output with space removed like below

1|2345|23|34|98|8|2
2|4356|54|12|76|7|5
3|2342|65|76|4 |5|7
4|4556|76|34|54|4|8
5|2352|87|12|23|9|9


Anybody can help me out
Last edited by ravi_agarwalla; 04-25-2011 at 03:28 PM.. Reason: format incorrect
# 2  
Old 04-25-2011
All your output looks the same because you didn't post in code tags. Let me try it and see what you mean.
Quote:
below is the file and the command

Filename: test1.txt

Code:
1|2345|23|34|98|6  |2
2|4356|54|12|76|5  |5
3|2342|65|76|4  |3   |7
4|4556|76|34|54|2  |8
5|2352|87|12|23|7  |9

I want the output like below

Code:
1|2345|23|34|98|8  |2
2|4356|54|12|76|7  |5
3|2342|65|76|4  |5  |7
4|4556|76|34|54|4  |8
5|2352|87|12|23|9  |9

but i am getting output with space removed like below

Code:
1|2345|23|34|98|8|2
2|4356|54|12|76|7|5
3|2342|65|76|4  |5|7
4|4556|76|34|54|4|8
5|2352|87|12|23|9|9

Anybody can help me out
---------- Post updated at 12:29 PM ---------- Previous update was at 12:27 PM ----------

I'm not sure you posted quite what you meant. Are you saying the numbers in certain columns have to be padded with spaces to at least 2 length? Or do you have potentially random spacing in your file you wish to preserve?

The whitespace is of course stripped when you do numeric options, you have to put it back.

If columns have to be specific widths:
Code:
awk 'BEGIN { FS="|"; OFS="|"; split("1|4|2|2|2|2|2", W, "|"); }
{ if($6 > 2) $3 += 2;
   for(N=1; W[N]; N++) while(length($N) < W[$N]) $N=" "$N;
   print; }'

Makes data like
Code:
1|2345|25|34|98|6 | 2
2|4356|56|12|76|5 | 5
3|2342|67|76|4 |3 | 7
4|4556|76|34|54|2 | 8
5|2352|89|12|23|7 | 9

Last edited by Corona688; 04-25-2011 at 03:38 PM..
# 3  
Old 04-25-2011
my original file is below one
Code:
1|2345|23|34|98|6  |2
2|4356|54|12|76|5  |5
3|2342|65|76|4 |3  |7
4|4556|76|34|54|2  |8
5|2352|87|12|23|7  |9

and i want output of 6th field to get increase by 2 without space in 6th field being removed.
like output below
Code:
1|2345|23|34|98|8  |2
2|4356|54|12|76|7  |5
3|2342|65|76|4 |5  |7
4|4556|76|34|54|4  |8
5|2352|87|12|23|9  |9

which i am not getting as the space in 6th value is getting removed.

---------- Post updated at 01:35 PM ---------- Previous update was at 01:32 PM ----------
Code:
1|2345|23|34|98|8|2
2|4356|54|12|76|7|5
3|2342|65|76|4  |5|7
4|4556|76|34|54|4|8
5|2352|87|12|23|9|9

u can see the output above where the space is not present in 6th field after the value which was there in original file
Last edited by Scott; 04-25-2011 at 03:38 PM.. Reason: Use code tags, please...
# 4  
Old 04-25-2011
Yes, but that doesn't answer my question.
Quote:
Are you saying the numbers in certain columns have to be padded with spaces to at least 2 length? Or do you have potentially random spacing in your file you wish to preserve?
If you just want all columns to remain the same width, the solution I posted should work.
# 5  
Old 04-25-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by Corona688
Yes, but that doesn't answer my question.

If you just want all columns to remain the same width, the solution I posted should work.
ok let me check. but can you explain how it works.. what the split will do.. and if my file has more than 50 columns and i want to increase value of 40th field then will it work?
# 6  
Old 04-25-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by ravi_agarwalla
ok let me check. but can you explain how it works.. what the split will do..
It creates an array where W[1]=1, W[2]=4, etc.
Quote:
and if my file has more than 50 columns and i want to increase value of 40th field then will it work?
If you want me to write something that works for you, it would really really help to know what your data is and to know what you want!

For the third time:
Quote:
Are you saying the numbers in certain columns have to be padded with spaces to at least 2 length? Or do you have potentially random spacing in your file you wish to preserve?
# 7  
Old 04-25-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by Corona688
Yes, but that doesn't answer my question.

If you just want all columns to remain the same width, the solution I posted should work.
ok let me check. but can you explain how it works.. what the split will do.. and if my file has more than 50 columns and i want to increase value of 40th field then will it work?


below is what i am getting.. its not the desired result
Code:
ravi@andLinux:~/RAVI$ awk 'BEGIN { FS="|"; OFS="|"; split("1|4|2|2|2|2|2", W, "|
"); }
{ if($1 > 1) $6 += 2;
   for(N=1; W[N]; N++) while(length($N) < W[$N]) $N=" "$N;
   print; }' test1.txt
1|2345|23|34|98|6  | 2
 2|4356|54|12|76| 7| 5
 3|2342|65|76|4 | 5| 7
 4|4556|76|34|54| 4|8
 5|2352|87|12|23|9|9
ravi@andLinux:~/RAVI$

Its still not in correct format

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Last edited by Scott; 04-25-2011 at 03:54 PM.. Reason: Code tags
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