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# 1  
Old 12-28-2007
Blank column in a file.
hi,
Please tell me a way in which i can find out all the blank columns in the file which is pipe-delimited.after finding the blank column i want to find the line number.
# 2  
Old 12-28-2007
For ex:
Code:
> cat f3
231|212|212
231|212|212
|212|212
231|212|212
231|||212
231|212|212
231|212|

Code:
>awk '{
     for(i=0;i<=NF;i++)
        if ( $i == "" )
           print "line:"NR " column:"i
}' FS="|" f3
line:3 column:1
line:5 column:2
line:5 column:3
line:7 column:3

# 3  
Old 12-28-2007
Thanks a lot sir.
It worked.Smilie
# 4  
Old 12-28-2007
D 2382994 ACE 9724029474 9728690617 000 Dallas County Utility 0 ADSL STATIC 6000 N O'Connor Blvd
D 2685592 ACE 8584511009 8584518859 544 JAMES KENNEDY 12 ADSL STATIC 14755 Bud'S Ln
-

but as the last column is empty it is not finding this line.
Can u please tell me?
# 5  
Old 12-28-2007
hi, where are the pipes?
# 6  
Old 12-28-2007
Sorry.
last one is having - sign and all the other fields r blank.
so i should get the column no,. and line no.
D|2382994 ACE|9724029474|9728690617 000|Dallas County Utility|0|ADSL STATIC|6000|N O'Connor Blvd
D|2685592 ACE|8584511009|8584518859 544|JAMES KENNEDY|12|ADSL STATIC|14755|Bud'S Ln
-
# 7  
Old 12-28-2007
The third register has only one field and it is not empty, anyway if you want to fix the code to match it:

Code:
>awk '{
     for(i=0;i<=NF;i++)
        if ( $i == "" || $i == "-" )
           print "line:"NR " column:"i
}' FS="|" f3
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