Without using an END section, I need to write all the info related to the same ref number ($1)and continent ($2) on the same line, then to sort horizontally by descending order, the name of the country ($3) with its related number ($4), in order to get:
It is part of a bigger script with several redirections, just to keep it simple
Since you are asking for help with basic AWK tasks, you may not be competent to judge which approach is the simpler one. You may think that avoiding END is simpler, for whatever reason, when it may not be. This isn't the first thread in which you've recently requested an AWK solution that avoids END, and in each case the constraint complicates the code. This is an odd way to "keep it simple."
Perhaps if you shared the entire script we could confirm that your solution is actually the simplest, if not simplify it further.
In case it's relevant and you are not aware, an awk script can contain multiple END patterns, not just one. So if you are composing a solution from multiple source files, that's not a problem. END patterns will be executed in the order in which they appear.
alister: this task will be part of a function as I have to repeat it multiple times. Can a function refer to rules written in an END block?
Rudic: Thanks for your help. I understand the approach you are using. However the sort command doesn't work for me inside the script, so I tried asort function instead.
Code:
BEGIN{FS=OFS="|"}
{
array = a[$1$2$3]
n = asort(array, descending)
for(u in array){
print array[u] FS $4
}
}
In the awk below I am trying to parse the Sample Name below the section. The values that are extracted are read into array s(each value in a row seperated by a space) which will be used later in a bash script. The awk does execute but no values are printed. I am also not sure how to print in a row... (1 Reply)
I have a file that should be sorted by a string (shown in red in my example below) in the identifier. The RS is ^@M0, something like this:
@M04961:22:000000000-B5VGJ:1:1101:9280:7106 1:N:0:86
GGCATGAAAACATACAAACCGTCTTTCCAGAAATTGTTCCAAGTATCGGCAACAGCTTTATCAATACCATGAAAAATATCAACCACACCAGAAGCAGCAT... (16 Replies)
Hello,
I have another problem with my script. Please accept my apologies, but I am really nooby in sh scripts. I am writing it for first time.
My script:
returned=`tail -50 SapLogs.log | grep -i "Error"`
echo $returned
if ; then
echo "There is no errors in the logs"
fi
And after... (10 Replies)
Hi,
I am trying to sort a csv file which has say 10 lines each line having a row size that is upto 30183 no. of COLUMNS (Row length = 30183). There is a LINE FEED (LF) at the end of each line. When I try to sort this file say, based on the second FIELD using the below command,
sort -t ',' +1... (5 Replies)
i have a log file that has the date and time that looks like this:
Wed Jun 28 15:46:21 2012 test failed tailed passed passed not error panic
what we want to focus on is the first 5 columns because they contain the date and time.
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Hello,
How to sort each row in a document with numerical values and with more than one row. Example
Input data (file1.txt):
4 6 8 1 7
2 12 9 6 10
6 1 14 5 7
and I want the the output to look like this(file2.txt):
1 4 6 7 8
2 6 9 10 12
1 5 6 7 14
I've tried
sort -n file1.txt >... (12 Replies)
Hey,
I have a problem about how to get one section of a file?
I'm new to shell, but by reading some tutorial, I think I can use awk to do this.
my input file:
>ref|ZP_04937576.1|
ECRINAEDPKTFMPSPGKVKHFHAPGGNGVRVDSHLYSGYSVPPNYDSLVGKVITYGAD
DEALARMRNALDELIVDGIKTNTELHKDLVRDAAFCKGGVNIHYLE... (11 Replies)
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Hi all
My text file looks like this:
start doc
... (certain number of records)
REC3|Emma|info|
REC3|Lukas|info|
REC3|Arthur|info|
... (certain number of records)
end doc
start doc
... (certain number of records)... (4 Replies)
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