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stringing output to same line and multiple lines if NF>x
Thanks to all that replied on this. I kept getting errors even after using the [] in the array. flogrr - thanks for the one liner, this is what I wound up going with. Initially, I got an error with record 25, but switched to gawk and it works just like I need it to. C -
stringing output to same line and multiple lines if NF>x
Ed, Please excuse my ignorance. I am fairly new to AWK. I am attempting to use the code supplied. Am getting the following: nawk: can't read value of aa; it's an array name. I am either not explaining what I want the end result to look like, or I am not understanding how to provide input for... -
stringing output to same line and multiple lines if NF>x
Now the next question is, how do I include this in the awk line to have it only write 24 entries on each line? My awk now writes all entries to 1 line. I need to break it up to write 24 entries per line. -
stringing output to same line and multiple lines if NF>x
Hello, I have spent some time reading AWK ref mtl and searching your FAQ, but no luck yet. I have a one liner used to pull $1 from my INPUT file and write to single line of OUTPUT file seperating with ",". awk '{ORS=","} ("$1"!="Case") {print $1}'...
