Issue
I have one file that looks like below
1234|A|B|C|10|11|12
2345|F|G|H|13|14|15
3456|K|L|M|16|17|18
I want the output as
1234|A
1234|B
1234|C
2345|F
2345|G
2345|H
3456|K
3456|L
3456|M
I have tried with the below script.
awk -F"|" '{print $1","$2","$3","$4"}' file.dat | awk -F"," '{OFS=RS;$1=$1}1'
But the output is generated as below.
1234
A
B
C
2345
F
G
H
3456
K
L
M
Any help is appreciated.
Solution
What about a single simple awk process such as this:
$ awk -F\| '{print $1 "|" $2 "\n" $1 "|" $3 "\n" $1 "|" $4}' file.dat
1234|A
1234|B
1234|C
2345|F
2345|G
2345|H
3456|K
3456|L
3456|M
No messing with RS and OFS.
Answered By - Jens Answer Checked By - Robin (WPSolving Admin)