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# 1  
Old 11-10-2008
Pivoting a Single column
Hi,

Input

Code:
ID|Name
1|a,b,c
2|d,e,f,g

I would like to get output in the following format.

Output

Code:
ID|NAME
1|a
1|b
1|c
2|d
2|e
2|f
2|g

Thanks.
# 2  
Old 11-10-2008
Hammer & Screwdriver Perhaps this works for you
Code:
> cat file60
ID|Name
1|a,b,c
2|d,e,f,g

> cat fix60.sh
#! /usr/bin/bash

IFS="|"
while read l_id l_nm
  do
  echo $l_nm | tr "," "\n" | sed "s/^/$l_id|&/"
done <file60

> fix60.sh
ID|Name
1|a
1|b
1|c
2|d
2|e
2|f
2|g

# 3  
Old 11-10-2008
With awk:
Code:
awk$ -F ",|\|" 'NR==1{print;next}
{for(i=2;i<=NF;i++){print $1"|"$i}}' file

 
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