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making a file a true csv file
Hi guys, I need a little help.... I have a file with columns of data that has varied amounts of spaces and comas in between each column of data. Some of the columns contain no data, just separated by multiple spaces and comas. Other columns do have data that may of may not be separated by...- atjurhs
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- Forum: UNIX Scripting
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help with batching a sed script and an awk script
Hi, Hi guys :) I've got both a sed and an awk that I need to run on hundreds of files, each sone works perfectly on a single file, but I need help getting each of them to run in batch mode, here they are: sed -n 'g;n;p' inputfile.txt | sed '/\,/s/\,//g' > inputfile.out awk...- atjurhs
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- Forum: UNIX Scripting
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how do I append a string to the output file name? many thanks!
Hi guys, I'm hoping that you have someone here has good unix shell programming skills. I've written a code that parses/processes hundreds of input files one at a time and that can be as large as a Gbyte using AWK and some shell scripting. It runs very fast for the amount of data it's running...- atjurhs
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awk newbie trying to use getline find for loop Tabby
Hello guys, I've been trying to write an awk script that reads a text file that contains directory paths (I'll call it "path.txt") what's inside path.txt is a listing of directory structures something like this: /home/Tabitha/girly1/ <--- the wanted file "redhead.txt" is...
