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# 8  
Old 03-31-2018
Well then try enlarging the first column to 40:
Code:
awk -F'\t *' '{printf "%40-s%16-s%20-s%26-s%16-s%8-s%10-s%14-s%10-s%10-s%-s\n",$1,$2,$3,$4,$5,$6,$7,$8,$9,$10,$11} NR==1{FS=","}' file

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As RudiC pointed out, the minus sign is in the wrong place, even though some awks seem to be tolerant of the different position, it is not correct..
Code:
awk -F'\t *' '{printf "%-40s%-16s%-20s%-26s%-16s%-8s%-10s%-14s%-10s%-10s%-s\n",$1,$2,$3,$4,$5,$6,$7,$8,$9,$10,$11} NR==1{FS=","}' file

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OR:, try making it flexible by first determining each max column width in the entire file and then read and process the file again using the max column widths:

Code:
awk '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++){if(NR==FNR){l=length($i); if(l>W[i]) W[i]=l} else $i=sprintf("%-*s",W[i]+1,$i)}}1' FS='\t *|,' OFS= file file

Code:
SERVICE NAME            TEAM NAME CI OWNER          SECONDARY CONTACT PAYCHECK NAME DEVV ADEINT ENV DEV ENV STAGE ENV PROD ENV PROD 
accommodation           POSE      MatDon Richardson Chrivarian        Acc           Yes  Yes    Yes     Yes       Yes      Yes      
activitycodemappingtask DLLARS    Ian               Patrick           Acc           Yes  Yes    Yes     Yes       Yes      Yes      
activity-entity         Rega      Chang             John              TER           Yes  Yes    Yes     Yes       Yes      Yes      
api-test-runner         WRIGHT    Benson            Lehman            Lev           Yes  Yes    No      No        No       No       
assembly-service        Snap      Macdonald         Nikseth           Lev           Yes  Yes    Yes     No        No       Yes      
authorizationprocessing DLLARS    Ian               Pat               Acc           Yes  Yes    Yes     Yes       Yes      Yes

NOTE: the file is specified twice
Last edited by Scrutinizer; 04-01-2018 at 04:13 AM..
# 9  
Old 03-31-2018
Thank you for reply

Now most the rows are finely place..except few i will adjust position like you suggested.

only problem i see now is the header is row not aligned at all

it just normally printed seperated by commas
# 10  
Old 03-31-2018
You're welcome. Since it appears to work with the sample header row:
How does your real life header row differ from your sample header row.
# 11  
Old 03-31-2018
In post#5' sample, the header's field separators seem to be <TAB> characters, in the data line it's commas...
# 12  
Old 03-31-2018
@RudiC: Yes that is what posts #6 and #8 take into account.
# 13  
Old 04-01-2018
Those who can read ... I overlooked the redefinition of FS after the first line. Sorry!

Still I'm afraid the format specifiers should read %-40s (leading minus, not trailing) as correctly used in your post#8's second proposal.
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# 14  
Old 04-01-2018
You are correct. It should be the other way around according to specification. However some awks (mine) seem to be tolerant to the switcheroo! Corrected in my posts.
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