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# 8  
Old 05-26-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by Scrutinizer
Example that preserves space:
Code:
awk 'n=split($3,T,","){for (i=1;i<=n;i++) {p=$0; sub($3,sprintf("%-" length($3) "s",T[i]),p);print p}next}1' infile


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On Solaris use /usr/xpg4/bin/awk rather than awk

Hmm...code doesn't seem to be doing anything. For clarification my file is comma seperated, made on excel and saved as a .csv file. The example data sheet has the sample column in the 3rd field, but there are about 60 other fields after.

I've attached the example input file.
test.txt (8.6 KB) 
# 9  
Old 05-26-2012
Also...I'm working in a Bash environment
# 10  
Old 05-26-2012
I don't see any connection between the sample data in your first post and the file that you attached... Can you provide more meaningful sample data with desired output?
# 11  
Old 05-26-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by bartus11
I don't see any connection between the sample data in your first post and the file that you attached... Can you provide more meaningful sample data with desired output?
So that file was comma separated and the third column "ATRT prev seen (formatted)" contained the sample names separated by a comma. I've attached a tab-delimited version instead.
test2.txt (1.5 KB) 
# 12  
Old 05-26-2012
Code:
awk -vOFS="\t" '{n=split($3,a,",");for (i=1;i<=n;i++) {$3=a[i];print}}' file

# 13  
Old 05-26-2012
Not sure why it isn't working Smilie Could it have something to do with the fact I'm working on a mac using a bash environment?
# 14  
Old 05-26-2012
Can you post output of:
Code:
cat -e file | head

 
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