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Old 11-02-2012
Increment Numbers in File
Hello,

I have a text file withe some records

Code:
20121031|5
20121030|3
20121029|1
20121028|4
20121027|6

I want to search for a patten with '20121030' and then increment the second part of the delimiter i.e. 3 by 1 to make it 4 to look like

Code:
20121031|5
20121030|4
20121029|1
20121028|4
20121027|6

thanks for the help.
# 2  
Old 11-02-2012
Code:
awk -F"|" ' { OFS="|" } /20121030/ { print $1,$2+1; } ' file

# 3  
Old 11-02-2012
Thanks bipinajith. Works perfectly. Smilie
# 4  
Old 11-02-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by bipinajith
Code:
awk -F"|" ' { OFS="|" } /20121030/ { print $1,$2+1; } ' file

@bipinajith - It will print only lines having 20121030 in it...

Try

Code:
awk '{FS=OFS="|" }/20121030/{$2+=1}1' file

# 5  
Old 11-02-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by pamu
@bipinajith - It will print only lines having 20121030 in it...
Oh right, I misread requester's requirement.Smilie Thanks for correcting.Smilie
# 6  
Old 11-02-2012
Thanks bipinajith and pamu Smilie
# 7  
Old 11-02-2012
Code:
perl -F'/[|]/' -alpe 'if($F[0] eq "20121030"){$F[1]+=1;print join "|",@F;next}' file

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