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Old 11-06-2012
Add '|' to data file on particular position
I have below scenario where i am getting a flat file but with some bad data

incoming data format
Code:
id|name|ind|crncy
123|xxx|y|usd
234|yy|n|
456|a|y90.5|vvv|gbp ----bad data

need to cleanse the bad data above by adding a pipe '|' after 3rd column 'ind' if pipe '|' is not already there

desired output
Code:
id|name|ind|crncy
123|xxx|y|usd
234|yy|n|
456|a|y|90.5|vvv|gbp

Note: Indicator column value can be Y or N ,if that helps
Last edited by Scrutinizer; 11-06-2012 at 01:16 PM.. Reason: moved code tags to right place
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Old 11-06-2012
Hi, try:
Code:
awk 'NR>1 && $3!~/^[yn]$/{sub(/./,"&|",$3)}1' FS=\| OFS=\| infile1

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