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# 1  
Old 09-04-2011
Tools Replace 2nd column of CSV file with numbers on line
I have a csv file with occasional multiple entries in the second column.

Code:
111111,104,07-24-2011,3.15,N,
222222,020 140,07-24-2011,10.00,N,

I want the result

Code:
111111,104,07-24-2011,3.15,N,
222222,020,07-24-2011,10.00,N,
222222,140,07-24-2011,10.00,N,

I know I can get the output of the second column with awk but I am having trouble with bin/bash using regex to replace the remainer of the lines correctly

Code:
awk -F "," '{print $2}' Temp.csv

Last edited by ffdstanley; 09-04-2011 at 02:38 PM.. Reason: Code tags!
# 2  
Old 09-04-2011
Try:
Code:
awk -F"," -vOFS="," '$2~" "{n=split ($2,a," ");for (i=1;i<=n;i++){$2=a[i];print};next}1' Temp.csv

This User Gave Thanks to bartus11 For This Post:
ffdstanley
# 3  
Old 09-04-2011
Ops, first answer was wrong Smilie
Code:
awk 'BEGIN{FS=OFS=","}{x=split($2,a," ");for(i=0;++i<=x;){$2=a[i];print}}'  file

This User Gave Thanks to danmero For This Post:
ffdstanley
# 4  
Old 09-04-2011
Thanks danmero! I thought it would be tougher than that.... Thanks again!
# 5  
Old 09-04-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by ffdstanley
Thanks danmero!
bartus11 provided the first correct solution Smilie
# 6  
Old 09-04-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by danmero
bartus11 provided the first correct solution Smilie
The following part is not portable (no space between the -v option and the identifier's name):

-vOFS=","

That might be the reason why the OP thanked you and not bartus11 Smilie

P.S. Now I see that both solutions got thank you, so I suppose I was wrong.
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