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Hi, Is it possible to use one script to perform a different nawk processing sequence depending on the input file? In order to use only one script to process several files with different formats. For example, I cut the first 4 colums out of a log file, either a.txt or b.txt depending on which...

Hi awkers. I have written a nawk script to parse a large log file (thousands of lines). I now have the log in the correct format and need to remove all duplicate lines, but I would prefer to do this using an awk function. Is it possible to do this using awk? I know I can use uniq to do the...

Hi people, I am parsing a log file, removing blank lines and certain lines which have useless information. I can do all these things separately, but not when I put them together in one script! Please can someone suggest the correct syntax so the whole log file is pared correctly. Prog...

Hi, I am trying to remove all instances of the special backspace or delete chars in a log file field. The backspace shows up as ^H in the field. Currently I use gsub(/["^H"]/, "") to remove the ^H but ideally I also want to delete the previous char. i.e. someone enters...