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# 1  
Old 10-13-2015
How to shuffle odd and even columns?
Is there any way to place each even column name infront of its odd column using awk or others?

input

Code:
Ab	name	MGH26	B04	MGH26	B05

output

Code:
name_Ab	B04_MGH26	B05_MGH26

# 2  
Old 10-13-2015
off the top of my head:

Code:
awk '{
for (i=1;i<=NF;i++) {
    if (i%2) {
        oname=$i
    } else {
        ename=$i
        printf("%s_%s ",ename,oname);
    }
}

Doesn't preserve the white spacing though.
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# 3  
Old 10-13-2015
it works great. thanks.
note:you forgot this at end of the script.
Code:
}'

# 4  
Old 10-13-2015
Code:
awk 'for (i=1;i<=NF; i=i+2) printf("%s%s", $(i+1) "_" $i, (i+2)<NF?FS:ORS)' myFile

# 5  
Old 10-14-2015
The last solution is missing the { }
Code:
awk '{for (i=2;i<=NF;i+=2) printf "%s_%s%s", $i, $(i-1), (i<NF)?FS:ORS}' myFile

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