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Old 01-03-2012
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Originally Posted by Franklin52
With a little adjustment of zaxxon's code:
Code:
awk 's{print s} NR>2 {$NF=","$NF; s=$0}' infile

this throws error..

awk: syntax error near line 1
awk: bailing out near line 1
# 9  
Old 01-03-2012
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Originally Posted by prashu_g
this throws error..

awk: syntax error near line 1
awk: bailing out near line 1
Use nawk or /usr/xpg4/bin/awk on Solaris.
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