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# 1  
Old 02-05-2014
[Solved] Manipulate a CSV File
Hello,

How do i manipulate .csv file to this format?

Thank you very much.

Source:
Code:
john,5
marco,7
john,4
paul,3
marco,8

Output:
Code:
john,9
marco,15
paul,3

# 2  
Old 02-05-2014
Code:
$ awk -F, '{ A[$1]+=$2 } END { OFS=","; for (x in A) print x,A[x]; }' input >output
paul,3
john,9
marco,15

# 3  
Old 02-05-2014
What have you tried so far?
# 4  
Old 02-05-2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by hergp
Code:
$ awk -F, '{ A[$1]+=$2 } END { OFS=","; for (x in A) print x,A[x]; }' input >output
paul,3
john,9
marco,15

Hi,

it gives an error on centos
# 5  
Old 02-05-2014
What is the error message? It works here on CentOS 6.5:
Code:
$ cat input
john,5
marco,7
john,4
paul,3
marco,8
$ awk -F, '{ A[$1]+=$2 } END { OFS=","; for (x in A) print x,A[x]; }' input
paul,3
john,9
marco,15
$ cat /etc/centos-release
CentOS release 6.5 (Final)
$ uname -a
Linux xxxxx 2.6.32-431.3.1.el6.i686 #1 SMP Fri Jan 3 18:53:30 UTC 2014 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
$ type awk
awk is a tracked alias for /bin/awk

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# 6  
Old 02-05-2014
ok its works now Smilie thank you very much.
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