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# 8  
Old 11-23-2011
Did you try the modified code in my previous post?
Also try gawk instead of awk!

--ahamed
# 9  
Old 11-23-2011
It works with the latest code. Thanks. What if the serial number starts with other letter?and What if the there is more than 1 serial number? I have some serial number starts with 'N' and some files have more than one serial number. I want the extra serial number to be in another column.
# 10  
Old 11-23-2011
Anything is possible, it all depends on your input... Paste a proper list of all possible combination of the input and we'll help!

--ahamed
# 11  
Old 11-23-2011
I have managed to solve one of the problem with serial number starting letter as below.

Code:
awk '/^archive/{a=$0;next}/[A-Z]/{print a";"b[1]";",$0; for(i=2;i<=j;i++){print ";"b[i]";"}j=0;next}{b[++j]=$0}' input_file > output.csv

Pls help how to accommodate the extra column if there is another serial number at the end of the input file.

---------- Post updated at 11:29 AM ---------- Previous update was at 11:28 AM ----------

Okay! Here is the input file with all possibilities.

Code:
$ cat input.txt
archive.log.0104
ar0104_akl
ar0731_rln
ar0731_rsl
/unld
M70148
N50688

If two serial numbers occurs in the file, they should be placed in two columns
If "/sometext" (as in 5th row) occurs in the file, it should be placed in seperate column.

Final output for the input file should be :

Code:
archive.log.0104      ar0104_akl      /unld       M70148     N50688                
                      ar0731_rln
                      ar0731_rsl

# 12  
Old 11-23-2011
Try this...
Code:
awk 'function prt() {
        printf a";"b[1]";"
        for(i=1;i<=k;i++) printf c[i]";"
        printf "\n"
        for(i=2;i<=j;i++) print ";"b[i]";" }
/^archive/{
        if(a){ prt(); j=k=0 }
        a=$0;next
}
/_/{ b[++j]=$0;next } { c[++k]=$0 }
END{prt()}' input_file

--ahamed
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# 13  
Old 11-24-2011
It worked like charm. Thank you so much Ahamed. Smilie
# 14  
Old 11-24-2011
Double post
Last edited by vasanth_123; 11-24-2011 at 09:33 AM.. Reason: Double post
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