Swap Firstname / Surname in GEDCOM file

[Celsoft]

Hi - I've gone a bit rusty so .....

I have a GEDCOM file (used in genealogical circles) containing lines with names in the format

1 NAME Surname /Firstname/

as well as lots of other linetypes. The Firstname on input is enclosed in forward-slashes.

I want to use gawk to edit these lines (i.e. lines starting with "1 NAME ") and swap the Surname and Firstname in each case. The forward-slashes should remain in the same position on output i.e. enclosing the Surname..... giving

1 NAME Firstname /Surname/

Other lines should be output without change.

Any help appreciated.

 

[PHV]

What have you tried so far and where in your code are you stuck ?

Hope This Helps, PH.
FAQ219-2884
FAQ181-2886

 

[FlorianAwk]

I see the example on

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GEDCOM

I would like to know if you have though about the case:
1 NAME Bobby Jo /Cox/
different from
1 NAME Joann /Para/

I think sed is more efficient than awk or gawk.

 

[Celsoft]

Thanks for the reply Florian .....
I posted the same question on (dare I mention)

http://www.Programmingforums.ORG

and got a SED one-liner that does what I was looking for.

 

[FlorianAwk]

Great!

I was about to suggest :

sed 's/^1 NAME \([[rint:]]*\) \/\(.*\)\//1 NAME \2 \/\1\//g' gedcom.txt