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On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 7:20 AM Bruce Gray <robertbrucegr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Nov 22, 2019, at 9:06 AM, Marc Chantreux <e...@phear.org> wrote:
> >
> > hello,
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 03:07:28PM +0100, Patrick Spek via perl6-users
> > wrote:
> >> Could you post some input and expected output? That would make it
> >> easier for me (and perhaps others) to see what exactly you're trying to
> >> accomplish, in practical terms.
> >
> > sorry ... i'm so confortable with awk i haven't though about some are
> > not. i sincerely apologize.
> >
> > Basically i want to figure out what are the sections, subsections of of
> > a CSV file:
> >
> > A,1,garbage .....
> > A,2,garbage .....
> > A,2,garbage .....
> > A,2,garbage .....
> > A,3,garbage .....
> > A,3,garbage .....
> > A,3,garbage .....
> > B,1,garbage .....
> > B,2,garbage .....
> > B,2,garbage .....
> > B,2,garbage .....
> > B,3,garbage .....
> > B,3,garbage .....
> > B,3,garbage .....
> >
> > becomes
> >
> > A
> > 1
> > 2
> > 3
> > B
> > 1
> > 2
> > 3
> >
> > regards,
> > marc
>
> Marc,
>
> When I run your original Awk code against the .csv data you listed above, I
> get this output:
> A
> 2
> 3
> B
> 2
> 3
> The first key of each second level is missing, which differs from your sample
> output above.
> Have I corrupted your Awk code, or have I misunderstood something, or what?
>
> --
> Thank you,
> Bruce Gray (Util of PerlMonks)
I get the same result using awk as Bruce, although I unpacked Marc's
awk code into a (long) one-liner:
mbook:~ homedir$ cat awk_test1.csv | awk -F, '{print $1" "$2}' |
sort -u | awk -F" " '{if (seen == $1) print "\t"$2; else { seen =
$1; print $1 }}'
A
2
3
B
2
3
mbook:~ homedir$
HTH, Bill.
