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How to get the column number in awk?

Hi Guys,

I have a question on how i can get the column number in a file and used it in awk.

i have a file which it has these records inside it.

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SUB_ACC_NO|CLIENT_ID|ANUM|AKEY|ACCT_TYPE|FUND_ID|FUND_ABBR|TRADER_ID|TRADER_NAME|BROKER|VARIABLE_FIELDS_PRIMARY|CURRENCY|CLIENT_FUND_ID|ANAME|CASH_ANUM|ANUM_GROUP|VALUE_DATE|BALANCE|CUR_BALANCE|TRAN_STATUS|TRAN_TYPE|STMT_PG|SIDE|SIGN|REC_TYPE|BALANCE_TYPE|GIN2CXL|ETL_DATE

and there are other files that have the same header name but with different positions. what i wanted to achieve is to get the column number for the header field that starts with SUB_ACC_NO.

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NF is the number of fields in a line. You can walk across all of them to see if it equals SUB_ACC_NO like so:

Code:

$ awk -F\| '{ for (i=1;i<=NF;i++) if ($i == "SUB_ACC_NO") print i }' input
1

Since we only care about line 1 (where headers are), then use the condition NR==1 or you can exit early NR>1{exit}

Code:

awk -F\| 'NR>1{exit}1{ for (i=1;i<=NF;i++) if ($i == "SUB_ACC_NO") print i }' input

awk -F\| 'NR==1{ for (i=1;i<=NF;i++) if ($i == "SUB_ACC_NO") print i }' input

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Or more simply:

Code:

awk -F '|' '
{       for(i = 1; i <= NF; i++)
                if($i == "SUB_ACC_NO") {
                        print i
                        exit
                }
}' input

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Or simply

Code:

$ awk '$1 == "SUB_ACC_NO"{print NR;exit} ' RS="|" file

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Or simply

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$ awk '$1 == "SUB_ACC_NO"{print NR;exit} ' RS="|" file

Simply, but that's not the question, please reread the OP.

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Simply, but that's not the question, please reread the OP.

@Franklin52 I didn't get you. will you please explain me what went wrong..

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@Franklin52 I didn't get you. will you please explain me what went wrong..

Sorry, I didn't noticed the RS in your solution.

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