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# 1  
Old 03-01-2012
Match pattern in a field, print pattern only instead of the entire field
Hi !

I have a tab-delimited file, file.tab:
Code:
Column1             Column2                              Column3
aaaaaaaaaa          bbtomatoesbbbbbb          cccccccccc
ddddddddd          eeeeappleseeeeeeeee        ffffffffffffff
ggggggggg          hhhhhhtomatoeshhh        iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii


I would need to:
1) Search, only in field $2, the pattern "tomatoes" among the string of letters (I wrote it in bold just for the example)
2) Print the lines with the pattern "tomatoes" in field $2, but only with the pattern printed in $2 instead of the entire string.

In order to obtain output.tab:
Code:
Column1             Column2        Column3
aaaaaaaaaa          tomatoes        cccccccccc
ggggggggg          tomatoes        iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

I hope my query is clear enough...Smilie
or at least tell me if it is doable !!!!
# 2  
Old 03-01-2012
Code:
awk '$2 ~ /tomato/{printf $1 "\t" "tomato " "\t" $3}'

# 3  
Old 03-01-2012
Hi codemaniac, thank you for your help !

And what about if my pattern is a bit variable, let's say:
Code:
Column1	Column2	Column3
aaaaaaaaaa	bb11tomatoes111bbbbbb	cccccccccc
ddddddddd	eeee2222apples2eeeeeeeee	ffffffffffffff
ggggggggg	hhhhhh33333tomatoes33333hhh	iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

In order to obtain:
Code:
aaaaaaaaaa	11tomatoes111	cccccccccc
ggggggggg	33333tomatoes33333	iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

I tried that, but it doesn't work:
Code:
awk '$2 ~ /[13]{1,5}tomatoes[13]{1,5}/ {print $1 "\t" [13]{1,5}tomatoes[13]{1,5} "\t" $3}' file.tab

Even the /search/ part of the command doesn't seem to work, but for me it is correct !!!

---------- Post updated at 08:42 PM ---------- Previous update was at 07:34 PM ----------

Whereas the pattern works with egrep:
Code:
egrep '[13]{1,5}tomatoes[13]{1,5}' file.tab

---------- Post updated at 09:22 PM ---------- Previous update was at 08:42 PM ----------

It seems like awk doesn't recognise the brackets [] followed by braces{} !
# 4  
Old 03-02-2012
Change the text in blue to whatever pattern you wish to match

Code:
$ perl -lane 'if ($F[1] =~ /(tomatoes)/) {$F[1] =~ s/.*?($1).*/$1/; print join ("\t", @F)}' file.tab
aaaaaaaaaa      tomatoes        cccccccccc
ggggggggg       tomatoes        iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
$
$ perl -lane 'if ($F[1] =~ /([13]{1,5}tomatoes[13]{1,5})/) {$F[1] =~ s/.*?($1).*/$1/; print join ("\t", @F)}' file.tab
aaaaaaaaaa      11tomatoes111   cccccccccc
ggggggggg       33333tomatoes33333      iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
$

# 5  
Old 03-02-2012
Thanks again balajesuri !

However, I just realise that the second field sometimes contain spaces in the string:
Code:
Column1	Column2	Column3
aaaaaaaaaa	bb11 toma toes 111b bbbbb	cccccccccc
ddddddddd	eeee 2222 appl es2e eeee eeee	ffffffffffffff
ggggggggg	hhhh hh33 333t omat oes3 3333 hhh	iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

How could I delete the spaces ONLY in the second field before applying your command?
I tried that, but it delete the spaces in the entire line instead of only in the second field:
Code:
awk '$2 {gsub(/ /,"");print}' file.tab

# 6  
Old 03-02-2012
Assuming your columns are tab-separated.

Code:
perl -F"\t" -lane '$F[1]=~s/ //g;if ($F[1] =~ /([13]{1,5}tomatoes[13]{1,5})/) {$F[1] =~ s/.*?($1).*/$1/; print join ("\t", @F)}' file.tab

# 7  
Old 03-02-2012
Ok !

I know I should post another thread, but I am just curious.
What is wrong in my previous command, if I just want to remove space in a particular field only (let' say I am not interested in finding a pattern)
 
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