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Your data is like this: | |||
opposite of "unfurl" | |||
Your data is like this:. "furl" is a word, who knew? | |||
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# no record | axiom / assumption: | ||
# no record separator | |||
# fixed number of fields per record | # fixed number of fields per record | ||
# number of field is 5 ( obviously you can change this to suit ) | # number of field is 5 ( obviously you can change this to suit ) | ||
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</pre> | </pre> | ||
output: | |||
<pre> | |||
record 1 field 1,record 1 field 2,record 1 field 3,record 1 field 4,record 1 field 5 | |||
record 2 field 1,record 2 field 2,record 2 field 3,record 2 field 4,record 2 field 5 | |||
record 3 field 1,record 3 field 2,record 3 field 3,record 3 field 4,record 3 field 5 | |||
</pre> | |||
[[Category:Script]] | [[Category:Script]] | ||
Latest revision as of 15:37, 2 November 2022
opposite of "unfurl"
Your data is like this:. "furl" is a word, who knew?
record 1 field 1 record 1 field 2 record 1 field 3 record 1 field 4 record 1 field 5 record 2 field 1 record 2 field 2 record 2 field 3 record 2 field 4 record 2 field 5 record 3 field 1 record 3 field 2 record 3 field 3 record 3 field 4 record 3 field 5
axiom / assumption:
- no record separator
- fixed number of fields per record
- number of field is 5 ( obviously you can change this to suit )
try this:
awk -f furl.awk datafile.txt
ful.awk is:
{
if ( NR%5 == 1 )
printf "%s," , $0
else if ( NR%5 == 2 )
printf "%s," , $0
else if ( NR%5 == 3 )
printf "%s," , $0
else if ( NR%5 == 4 )
printf "%s," , $0
else if ( NR%5 == 0 )
print $0
else
print "NOPE";
}
output:
record 1 field 1,record 1 field 2,record 1 field 3,record 1 field 4,record 1 field 5 record 2 field 1,record 2 field 2,record 2 field 3,record 2 field 4,record 2 field 5 record 3 field 1,record 3 field 2,record 3 field 3,record 3 field 4,record 3 field 5
