Locate the column names with their values in the file and the printing the same in the other file


 
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Locate the column names with their values in the file and the printing the same in the other file

I have text file in Linux with two rows : first row conmtain the column nam and the second row contain its value .I nned to fetch few columns first and then redirect the data of those colum in the another file.

Any ideas??
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Old 04-02-2013
No idea unless you present samples of input and output data.
 
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