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# 8  
Old 01-20-2013
i am getting error...

This is brief desciption of what i did
original file
Code:
sat_1_g3_g_0_8540         .       FFF     1       15501   .       .       .       ID=sat_1_g3_g_0_8540;parentName=sat_1_g3_g_0_8540;Al=sat_1_g2_g_0_8540;
sat_1_g3_g_2_8510         .       FFF     1       25501   .       .       .       ID=sat_1_g3_g_2_8510;parentName=sat_1_g3_g_2_8510;Al=sat_1_g1_g_2_8510;

I used
Code:
sed 's/^sat_1_g3_g_[02]/string/' infile >sortedfile

I think it took off the tab thing and replaced it by spaces.
I did a mistake somewhere dont know where. Tabs are important as far as my follwing codes are concered since they wont work on spaces.
Then replaced FFF by seq using
Code:
awk '$3=="FFF"{$3="seq"}1' infile

I dont know which of these replaced my tabs with spaces.Could some 1 help ?

Thanks a lot

---------- Post updated at 10:33 PM ---------- Previous update was at 10:30 PM ----------

Final result that i want
Code:
string_8540       .       seq     1       15501   .       .       .       ID=sat_1_g3_g_0_8540;parentName=sat_1_g3_g_0_8540;Al=sat_1_g2_g_0_8540;
string_8510       .       seq     1       25501   .       .       .       ID=sat_1_g3_g_2_8510;parentName=sat_1_g3_g_2_8510;Al=sat_1_g1_g_2_8510;

I want to retain all tabs .I dont know where did i go wrong.Smilie
Last edited by Scrutinizer; 01-22-2013 at 01:59 AM.. Reason: code tags
# 9  
Old 01-20-2013
The sed command I gave you will not modify the field separators.

The awk script bipinajith provided changed the tabs used as field separators in your input to spaces in its output. Change his script to:
Code:
awk 'BEGIN{FS=OFS="\t"}$3=="FFF"{$3="seq"}1' infile

and your tabs will be preserved.
Last edited by Don Cragun; 01-24-2013 at 09:10 PM.. Reason: remove extraneous ]
# 10  
Old 01-21-2013
Is there a way I could attach my file on this .
Coz i couldnt resolve the issue

SmilieSmilie
# 11  
Old 01-24-2013
Is there any other method for doing the same?
# 12  
Old 01-24-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by siya@
Is there any other method for doing the same?
As I was checking out what I suggested in message #9 in this thread, I found that had accidentally included a trailing "]". I have edited that message to remove the extraneous character and it is working for me. Please try it. If it doesn't work, show us the input you gave it, the output you got from it, and the output you need from it.
 
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