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Removing last field header leaves comma (,) instead
p5wizard and PHV - your solutions both worked! Thank you very much for your persistence on this issue. Thanks again for everyone for contributing. I learned a lot, and that's probably the most valuable thing of all! Time to donate some $$ to this site! It was worth it! -
Removing last field header leaves comma (,) instead
Thank you for the suggestion! However, I see no change in the output file. TEST field and header still remain. Did I miss something? $ more test3.csv COMPANY,TRANS-TYPE,INVOICE,CUSTOMER,STATUS,GL-STATUS,BATCH-NBR,PROCESS-LEVEL,TRANS-DATE,GL-DATE,DESC,ORIG-AMT,TEST... -
Removing last field header leaves comma (,) instead
I wanted to thank everyone for their input. Your responses were amazing for this time of week and day. Thank you very, very much. I think that I will have to resort to some variation of the printf command where I specifically detail each field and which separator to use, excluding the last one... -
Removing last field header leaves comma (,) instead
Feherke, Not sure what you are asking. My version of awk? I am on AIX 5.3, IBM 9110-510. Field is removed with no problem, just the pesky comma remains. Unfortunately, I need csv file for further processing, just not one on the last field ... Any other ideas? -
Removing last field header leaves comma (,) instead
Sorry for the typing errors. Now, it seems, output looks same as input. No changes made. I'm puzzled ... awk 'BEGIN{FS=",";OFS=","} ; {NF--; print}' test3.csv > test4.csv COMPANY,TRANS-TYPE,INVOICE,CUSTOMER,STATUS,GL-STATUS,BATCH-NBR,PROCESS-LEVEL,TRANS-DATE,GL-DATE,DESC,ORIG-AMT,TEST... -
Removing last field header leaves comma (,) instead
Annihilannic, Good eye! It ran, but now I've introduced another character after the comma I am trying to remove (along with the last header and field): $ awk 'BEGIN{FS=",";OFS=","} ; {$NF--; print}' test3.csv > test4.csv... -
Removing last field header leaves comma (,) instead
Annihilannic, Not sure I follow you. Which extra "=" are you referring to? p5wizard's solution or my response to it? Thanks for helping! -
Removing last field header leaves comma (,) instead
It complains ... syntax error The source line is 1. The error context is BEGIN{FS=",";OFS=","} ; >>> {NF=--; <<< awk: The statement cannot be correctly parsed. The source line is 1. Thanks for the fast response!!!! -
Removing last field header leaves comma (,) instead
I'm totally new at this, so maybe, hopefully, this is an easy one. I have a file which I want to remvoe the last field and header, keeping the OFS="," When I execute the command, the last field and header are removed, but what is left is a comma (,) at the end. I am expecting nothing. my file...
