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Getting rid of selected columns

Hi All,

I've got a file like this:

Code:
a 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 3 1 4 4 4
b 1 0 0 0 1 4 4 1 3 1 1 4 4 2 2
c 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 3 1 3 1 1 2 4
d 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 4 2 4

The file has ~4200 entries. I need to exclude those columns that are zeros for all those rows that have 2 in column 6. For example rows starting with c and d have 2 in column 6 and thus, I need to get rid of column one as it has zeros for both c and d.

The new file should look like this:

Code:
a 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 3 1 4 4 4
b 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 4 4 2 2
c 1 0 0 0 2 3 3 1 3 1 1 2 4
d 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 4 4 2 4

Any help will be greatly appreciated!

Many thanks in advance!
 
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paps - UTF-8 to PostScript converter using Pango SYNOPSIS
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