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# 8  
Old 03-15-2015
Yes, I see what you mean, if there is a possibility that the keyword can be equal to the value, then that will influence the result. So it should only be used if that cannot happen, as appears to be the case with the user's input.

But Good observation, thanks...

Then it is better if we use something like this:
Code:
awk '{if($10==24) $10="8"; else if ($10==8) $10="5"; else if($10==0) $10="6"}1' FS=, OFS=, file

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# 9  
Old 03-15-2015
Or:
Code:
awk '{$10 = ($10 == 24) ? "Keyword1" : ($10 == 8) ? "Keyword2" : ($10 == 0) ? "Keyword3" : $10}1'  FS=, OFS=, file

Note that disedorgue was correct in noting that Scrutinizer's suggestion would fail if one of the keywords was one of the input values being replaced, but disedorgue's suggestion:
Code:
awk -F, 'BEGIN{OFS=FS;A[0]="keyword3";A[8]="keyword2";A[24]="keyword1"};A[$10] ? $10=A[$10] : 1' input.txt

will also fail if one of the keywords is 0 or an empty string.
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disedorgue
# 10  
Old 03-15-2015
Exactly, thanks Don Cragun.
A possible fix:
Code:
awk -F, 'BEGIN{OFS=FS;A[0]="keyword3";A[8]="keyword2";A[24]="keyword1"};($10 in A) ? ($10=A[$10])1 : 1' input.txt

Regards.
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