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I need to edit 4th field in the CSV file (i need to subtract 5 from whatever number is their in the fourth field, if the number is negative then ...
- 08-19-2008 #1Just Joined!
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Need help creatig a bash script to edit CSV File
I need to edit 4th field in the CSV file (i need to subtract 5 from whatever number is their in the fourth field, if the number is negative then replace it with 0)
The separator is ,
Please help
- 08-19-2008 #2Just Joined!
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Sample for CSV i am trying to edit
Online,New World,20080819,0,1200M05,045468004016,N,,42,94,,,, ,,N
Online,New World,20080819,13,1200M055,045468004023,N,,42,94,, ,,,,N
Online,New World,20080819,0,1200M06,045468004030,N,,42,94,,,, ,,N
Online,New World,20080819,67,1200M065,045468004047,N,,42,94,, ,,,,N
Thanks in advance
- 08-19-2008 #3Linux User
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Here's an example using awk. Let's assume the name of the file is cvs.txt
Code:awk -F',' '{ nmbr=$4; nmbr=nmbr-5; if (nmbr < 0) nmbr=0; $4=nmbr; print $0 }' cvs.txt
- 08-20-2008 #4Linux User
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Code:awk 'BEGIN{ FS=","; OFS=","}{ $4-5<=0 ? $4=0 : $4=$4-5 }$1=$1' file


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