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Old 02-23-2007
Delimiters missing

Hi
I have a pipe-delimited file where I eventually need to replace a string stored on the 3th field on a specific record.

This is how the file looks like:
Code:
A|Mike|Lvl 1|...
B|...
A|Maria|Lvl 1|...
C|...
B|...
A|Jimmy|Lvl 2|...
C|...
A|Carry|Lvl 0|...
C|...
B|...
A|John|Lvl 8|...
C|...

I want to change "Lvl 1" and "Lvl 2" to "Lvl 3".

Code:
A|Mike|Lvl 3|...
B|...
A|Maria|Lvl 3|...
C|...
B|...
A|Jimmy|Lvl 3|...
C|...
A|Carry|Lvl 0|...
C|...
B|...
A|John|Lvl 8|...
C|...

I.e. I need to check if itīs a "A" record, and if the third field states "Lvl 1" or "Lvl 2".

Code:
awk 'BEGIN {FS="|"}{if ($1 == "A") {if ($3 == "Lvl 0" || $3 == "Lvl 1") $3="Lvl 3"};print $0}' input_file > output_file

This works (not pretty though) but it screws up my pipe delimiters. Any suggestion? Many thanks.
# 2  
Old 02-23-2007
you need to change the output field seperator which is space by default to ' | '

Code:
awk 'BEGIN {OFS="|"; FS="|"}{if ($1 == "A") {if ($3 == "Lvl 0" || $3 == "Lvl 1") $3="Lvl 3"};print $0}'  file

# 3  
Old 02-23-2007
Great, thanks!
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