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Old 08-21-2015
Separate columns into different text files

Hi

I have large text file consisting of five columns. Sample of the file is give below:


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ed    2-4   12.0    commons that they depended on.    मानवों नष्ट किया जिन पर वो आधारित थे।
ed    3-1    12.0    Almost E, but  would be over.   रचना करीब करीब ई तक जाती है, मगर तब तो नाटक ख़त्म हो जाएगा.
launch    4-1    implied    Failed configuration server: %s     विन्यास  में विफल: %s
ind12    2-3    manual    Aryans did statues or temples for deities.    आर्य देवताओं नाते थे।
I need a script which will separate the last two columns into two different files - File-1.txt and File-2.txt. The columns are separated by a tab.


Thanks in advance. Smilie

Last edited by my_Perl; 08-21-2015 at 09:29 PM.. Reason: editing
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Old 08-21-2015
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Originally Posted by my_Perl
I need a script which will separate the last two columns into two different files - File-1.txt and File-2.txt. The columns are separated by a tab.
Do you mean ALL the columns before last go to File-1.txt and ALL last columns go to File-2.txt?

Can you post an example of desired output for File-1.txt and File-2.txt, based on the sample file you originally posted?
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Old 08-21-2015
Code:
awk -F"\t" ' { print $(NF-1) > "File-1.txt"; print $NF > "File-2.txt" } ' Inputfile

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