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# 1  
Old 01-08-2007
sorting output
hi,

I get an output like

uid=user1
gecos=user

uid=user2
gecos=admin

gecos=sol admin
uid=user3

uid=user4
gecos=sol, admin

and need it modified to:

uid=user1
gecos=user

uid=user2
gecos=admin

uid=user3
gecos=sol admin

uid=user4
gecos=sol, admin

the file has about 180 lines and ~4 paragraphs are not in correct order

thanks alot in advance Smilie

funksen
# 2  
Old 01-08-2007
Code:
$ cat datafile
uid=user1
gecos=user

uid=user2
gecos=admin

gecos=sol admin
uid=user3

uid=user4
gecos=sol, admin

$ cat scr
#! /usr/bin/ksh

awk  '  /^uid/ { u=$0 }
        /^gecos/ { g=$0 }
        /^$/  { print ; print u ; print g }'
$ ./scr < datafile

uid=user1
gecos=user

uid=user2
gecos=admin

uid=user3
gecos=sol admin

uid=user4
gecos=sol, admin
$

# 3  
Old 01-09-2007
Code:
sed "/^gecos/{N;s/\(.*\)\n\(uid=.*\)/\2\\
\1/;}" file

# 4  
Old 01-09-2007
great job, both are working perfectly

many thanks

cheers funksen
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