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Old 08-10-2012
Remove duplicates within row and separate column

Hi all

I have following kind of input file


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ESR1 PA156 leflunomide PA450192 leflunomide
CHST3 PA26503  docetaxel  Pa4586; thalidomide Pa34958; decetaxel docetaxel docetaxel


I want to remove duplicates and I want to separate anything before and after PAxxxx entry into columns or anything separated by ; sign into columns so I will get data in columns like this



Code:
ESR1 PA156  leflunomide PA450192
CHST3 PA26503 docetaxel  Pa4586 thalidomide Pa34958

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Old 08-10-2012
You can start from here...
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https://www.unix.com/shell-programming-scripting/104953-remove-duplicate-words-line.html

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