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Old 09-22-2014
Merge 2 last columns in a csv file using sed or perl
Hello everyone,
want to merge 2 last columns 3rd and 4rd (if it exists).

I have this

Code:
1;2;1;1
2;3;1;1
1;1;2
1;2;3;4
1;1;2
1;2;3;1

Desired output:

Code:
1;2;1 1
2;3;1 1
1;1;2
1;2;3 4
1;1;2
1;2;3 1

Thanks for any help

Julien
# 2  
Old 09-22-2014
Code:
 perl -ne'chomp;@r=split/;/,$_;print join(";",@r[0..2])," $r[3]\n";' tmp/tmp.dat

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satir
# 3  
Old 09-22-2014
This (cheap) trick might work
Code:
sed 's/;/ /3' file

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satir
# 4  
Old 09-22-2014
Short and effective. Thanks a lot
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