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Old 06-14-2012
What about all the descriptive data? All in one field?
Code:
awk '$2 ~ /\. \[/{s=x; for(i=2;i<=NF;i++)s=s ($i~/\[|ph:/?OFS:x) $i; print s }' RS=\*  FS='\n' OFS='|' infile

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Old 06-15-2012
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Originally Posted by Scrutinizer
What about all the descriptive data? All in one field?
Code:
awk '$2 ~ /\. \[/{s=x; for(i=2;i<=NF;i++)s=s ($i~/\[|ph:/?OFS:x) $i; print s }' RS=\*  FS='\n' OFS='|' infile

thanks a lot buddy! but that didn't do the trickSmilie
thanks for the effort you put in..
i'l fiddle with it Smilie

---------- Post updated 06-15-12 at 01:48 AM ---------- Previous update was 06-14-12 at 04:12 AM ----------

Quote:
Originally Posted by Scrutinizer
What about all the descriptive data? All in one field?
Code:
awk '$2 ~ /\. \[/{s=x; for(i=2;i<=NF;i++)s=s ($i~/\[|ph:/?OFS:x) $i; print s }' RS=\*  FS='\n' OFS='|' infile


hey.. you modify that script to fit in the title in one field, description in one field, address in one field and ph in one and the website in one field!
sorry , but as a beginner i couldn't grasp much of it.. so!
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