Replace hyphen with empty string in specific column of csv












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I have a csv file with 30 columns. I need to remove hyphen only from the 30th column.(3rd and 4th column contains hyphen but it should not be removed.)I tried below awk command to achieve it. But it is removing few records and I couldn't find the reason.



awk -f=',' 'gsub= "\-","",$30)' OFS=, input.csv > output.csv


Please suggest a solution to remove hyphens in specific column of csv without removing records.



PFB the sample input:



roll,name,type

01,j-man,re-open

01,i-man,reopen

01,j-man,reopen

01,r-man,re-open


expected output:



roll,name,type

01,j-man,reopen

01,i-man,reopen

01,j-man,reopen

01,r-man,reopen





shell







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  • put a minimal fragment of your input.csv

    – RomanPerekhrest
    Nov 20 '18 at 10:30











  • i have updated the question

    – Anupriya
    Nov 20 '18 at 11:21











  • try $(30) instead of $30

    – stack0114106
    Nov 20 '18 at 16:11
















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I have a csv file with 30 columns. I need to remove hyphen only from the 30th column.(3rd and 4th column contains hyphen but it should not be removed.)I tried below awk command to achieve it. But it is removing few records and I couldn't find the reason.



awk -f=',' 'gsub= "\-","",$30)' OFS=, input.csv > output.csv


Please suggest a solution to remove hyphens in specific column of csv without removing records.



PFB the sample input:



roll,name,type

01,j-man,re-open

01,i-man,reopen

01,j-man,reopen

01,r-man,re-open


expected output:



roll,name,type

01,j-man,reopen

01,i-man,reopen

01,j-man,reopen

01,r-man,reopen





shell







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  • put a minimal fragment of your input.csv

    – RomanPerekhrest
    Nov 20 '18 at 10:30











  • i have updated the question

    – Anupriya
    Nov 20 '18 at 11:21











  • try $(30) instead of $30

    – stack0114106
    Nov 20 '18 at 16:11














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I have a csv file with 30 columns. I need to remove hyphen only from the 30th column.(3rd and 4th column contains hyphen but it should not be removed.)I tried below awk command to achieve it. But it is removing few records and I couldn't find the reason.



awk -f=',' 'gsub= "\-","",$30)' OFS=, input.csv > output.csv


Please suggest a solution to remove hyphens in specific column of csv without removing records.



PFB the sample input:



roll,name,type

01,j-man,re-open

01,i-man,reopen

01,j-man,reopen

01,r-man,re-open


expected output:



roll,name,type

01,j-man,reopen

01,i-man,reopen

01,j-man,reopen

01,r-man,reopen





shell







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I have a csv file with 30 columns. I need to remove hyphen only from the 30th column.(3rd and 4th column contains hyphen but it should not be removed.)I tried below awk command to achieve it. But it is removing few records and I couldn't find the reason.



awk -f=',' 'gsub= "\-","",$30)' OFS=, input.csv > output.csv


Please suggest a solution to remove hyphens in specific column of csv without removing records.



PFB the sample input:



roll,name,type

01,j-man,re-open

01,i-man,reopen

01,j-man,reopen

01,r-man,re-open


expected output:



roll,name,type

01,j-man,reopen

01,i-man,reopen

01,j-man,reopen

01,r-man,reopen





shell




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  • put a minimal fragment of your input.csv

    – RomanPerekhrest
    Nov 20 '18 at 10:30











  • i have updated the question

    – Anupriya
    Nov 20 '18 at 11:21











  • try $(30) instead of $30

    – stack0114106
    Nov 20 '18 at 16:11



















  • put a minimal fragment of your input.csv

    – RomanPerekhrest
    Nov 20 '18 at 10:30











  • i have updated the question

    – Anupriya
    Nov 20 '18 at 11:21











  • try $(30) instead of $30

    – stack0114106
    Nov 20 '18 at 16:11

















put a minimal fragment of your input.csv

– RomanPerekhrest
Nov 20 '18 at 10:30





put a minimal fragment of your input.csv

– RomanPerekhrest
Nov 20 '18 at 10:30













i have updated the question

– Anupriya
Nov 20 '18 at 11:21





i have updated the question

– Anupriya
Nov 20 '18 at 11:21













try $(30) instead of $30

– stack0114106
Nov 20 '18 at 16:11





try $(30) instead of $30

– stack0114106
Nov 20 '18 at 16:11












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I used the example to illustrate with 10th column. Replace 10 with 30 for your case



$ cat > hyphen.txt

roll,name,type,col4,col5,col6,col7,col8,col9,col10,col11

01-1,j-man,re-open,r4,r5,r6,r7,r8,r9,ab--cd,r11

01-2,i-man,reopen,r4,r5,r6,r7,r8,r9,pq--rs,r11

01-3,j-man,reopen,r4,r5,r6,r7,r8,r9,r10,r11

01-4,r-man,re-open,r4,r5,r6,r7,r8,r9,r10,r11





$ awk -F"," ' { gsub(/[-]/,"",$10); print } ' hyphen.txt

roll,name,type,col4,col5,col6,col7,col8,col9,col10,col11

01-1 j-man re-open r4 r5 r6 r7 r8 r9 abcd r11

01-2 i-man reopen r4 r5 r6 r7 r8 r9 pqrs r11

01-3,j-man,reopen,r4,r5,r6,r7,r8,r9,r10,r11

01-4,r-man,re-open,r4,r5,r6,r7,r8,r9,r10,r11





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    I used the example to illustrate with 10th column. Replace 10 with 30 for your case



    $ cat > hyphen.txt
    
roll,name,type,col4,col5,col6,col7,col8,col9,col10,col11
    
01-1,j-man,re-open,r4,r5,r6,r7,r8,r9,ab--cd,r11
    
01-2,i-man,reopen,r4,r5,r6,r7,r8,r9,pq--rs,r11
    
01-3,j-man,reopen,r4,r5,r6,r7,r8,r9,r10,r11
    
01-4,r-man,re-open,r4,r5,r6,r7,r8,r9,r10,r11
    

    

    
$ awk -F"," ' { gsub(/[-]/,"",$10); print } ' hyphen.txt
    
roll,name,type,col4,col5,col6,col7,col8,col9,col10,col11
    
01-1 j-man re-open r4 r5 r6 r7 r8 r9 abcd r11
    
01-2 i-man reopen r4 r5 r6 r7 r8 r9 pqrs r11
    
01-3,j-man,reopen,r4,r5,r6,r7,r8,r9,r10,r11
    
01-4,r-man,re-open,r4,r5,r6,r7,r8,r9,r10,r11





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      I used the example to illustrate with 10th column. Replace 10 with 30 for your case



      $ cat > hyphen.txt
      
roll,name,type,col4,col5,col6,col7,col8,col9,col10,col11
      
01-1,j-man,re-open,r4,r5,r6,r7,r8,r9,ab--cd,r11
      
01-2,i-man,reopen,r4,r5,r6,r7,r8,r9,pq--rs,r11
      
01-3,j-man,reopen,r4,r5,r6,r7,r8,r9,r10,r11
      
01-4,r-man,re-open,r4,r5,r6,r7,r8,r9,r10,r11
      

      

      
$ awk -F"," ' { gsub(/[-]/,"",$10); print } ' hyphen.txt
      
roll,name,type,col4,col5,col6,col7,col8,col9,col10,col11
      
01-1 j-man re-open r4 r5 r6 r7 r8 r9 abcd r11
      
01-2 i-man reopen r4 r5 r6 r7 r8 r9 pqrs r11
      
01-3,j-man,reopen,r4,r5,r6,r7,r8,r9,r10,r11
      
01-4,r-man,re-open,r4,r5,r6,r7,r8,r9,r10,r11





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        I used the example to illustrate with 10th column. Replace 10 with 30 for your case



        $ cat > hyphen.txt
        
roll,name,type,col4,col5,col6,col7,col8,col9,col10,col11
        
01-1,j-man,re-open,r4,r5,r6,r7,r8,r9,ab--cd,r11
        
01-2,i-man,reopen,r4,r5,r6,r7,r8,r9,pq--rs,r11
        
01-3,j-man,reopen,r4,r5,r6,r7,r8,r9,r10,r11
        
01-4,r-man,re-open,r4,r5,r6,r7,r8,r9,r10,r11
        

        

        
$ awk -F"," ' { gsub(/[-]/,"",$10); print } ' hyphen.txt
        
roll,name,type,col4,col5,col6,col7,col8,col9,col10,col11
        
01-1 j-man re-open r4 r5 r6 r7 r8 r9 abcd r11
        
01-2 i-man reopen r4 r5 r6 r7 r8 r9 pqrs r11
        
01-3,j-man,reopen,r4,r5,r6,r7,r8,r9,r10,r11
        
01-4,r-man,re-open,r4,r5,r6,r7,r8,r9,r10,r11





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        I used the example to illustrate with 10th column. Replace 10 with 30 for your case



        $ cat > hyphen.txt
        
roll,name,type,col4,col5,col6,col7,col8,col9,col10,col11
        
01-1,j-man,re-open,r4,r5,r6,r7,r8,r9,ab--cd,r11
        
01-2,i-man,reopen,r4,r5,r6,r7,r8,r9,pq--rs,r11
        
01-3,j-man,reopen,r4,r5,r6,r7,r8,r9,r10,r11
        
01-4,r-man,re-open,r4,r5,r6,r7,r8,r9,r10,r11
        

        

        
$ awk -F"," ' { gsub(/[-]/,"",$10); print } ' hyphen.txt
        
roll,name,type,col4,col5,col6,col7,col8,col9,col10,col11
        
01-1 j-man re-open r4 r5 r6 r7 r8 r9 abcd r11
        
01-2 i-man reopen r4 r5 r6 r7 r8 r9 pqrs r11
        
01-3,j-man,reopen,r4,r5,r6,r7,r8,r9,r10,r11
        
01-4,r-man,re-open,r4,r5,r6,r7,r8,r9,r10,r11






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