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# 8  
Old 10-05-2011
Code:
awk -F"," -v OFS=',' 'FNR>1 {print $1, $2,$8}' *csv >> outfile1

Jean-Pierre.
# 9  
Old 10-05-2011
Thanks a lot ahamed,

and i need to sorting the outputfile w.r.t to $8

Regards,
Baski
# 10  
Old 10-05-2011
Code:
awk '{...}' input_file | sort -k3 -t, >> out_file

You are welcome! Smilie

--ahamed
# 11  
Old 10-05-2011
thanks ahamed,

above is working fine.. and also i need to sort the file w.r.t column $8


Thanks,
BAski
# 12  
Old 10-05-2011
Assuming, $8 in the output file is the 3rd field, sort -k3 -t, should sort it.

Can you paste the output of the awk command?

--ahamed
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