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Old 02-14-2018
Change delimiter is not working using awk
I have file 2.txt and I want to change the delimiter form , to :
Not sure what is the problem with below command

Code:
cat 2.txt
1,a
2,b
3,d

Code:
awk 'BEGIN {FS=",";OFS=":";} {print $0}' 2.txt

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# 2  
Old 02-14-2018
Hello vamsi.valiveti,

Could you please try following and let me know if this helps you.
Code:
awk -F, '{$1=$1} 1' OFS=":"   Input_file

Output will be as follows:
Code:
1:a
2:b
3:d

Thanks,
R. Singh
# 3  
Old 02-14-2018
There is no change in output.I did not get expected output
# 4  
Old 02-14-2018
Quote:
Originally Posted by vamsi.valiveti
There is no change in output.I did not get expected output
It worked for me, can you check if by any chance your Input_file is having carriage characters in your Input_file? Do this cat -v Input_file if you see carriage characters then do a tr -d '\r' < Input_file > temp_file && mv temp_file Input_file then.

Let me know how it goes then.


Thanks,
R. Singh
# 5  
Old 02-14-2018
Thanks for quick reply.I can get the solution using sed command but just want to know what is the problem with my command posted in question and why it is not working?
# 6  
Old 02-14-2018
Quote:
Originally Posted by vamsi.valiveti
Thanks for quick reply.I can get the solution using sed command but just want to know what is the problem with my command posted in question and why it is not working?
If you wouldn't give us proper information how we could let you know? Without seeing your system. So did you try my previous post's commands?

Please do let us know on same.


Thanks,
R. Singh
# 7  
Old 02-14-2018
I tried cat -v 2.txt but there is no '\r'
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