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Asked: 2026-06-01T12:09:12+00:00

Assume that I have a text file separated by colons. I understand how to

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Assume that I have a text file separated by colons. I understand how to display the entire text file or any specific column using awk. However, what I want to do is to get the awk output and then display it by adding my own text using a shell script? For example, assume that my text file is:

England:London:GMT
USA:Washington:EST
France:Paris:GMT

What I want to do is to display this input into the below format:

COUNTRY: England
CAPITOL: London
TIMEZONE: GMT

COUNTRY: USA
CAPITOL: Washington
TIMEZONE: EST

COUNTRY: France
CAPITOL: Paris
TIMEZONE: GMT
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  1. Editorial Team

    You can use the following awk command:

    awk -F: '{printf "COUNTRY: %s\nCAPITOL: %s\nTIMEZONE: %s\n\n",$1,$2,$3}'

    as per the following transcript:

    pax> echo 'England:London:GMT
...> USA:Washington:EST
...> France:Paris:GMT' |awk -F: '
...>     {printf "COUNTRY: %s\nCAPITOL: %s\nTIMEZONE: %s\n\n",$1,$2,$3}'
COUNTRY: England
CAPITOL: London
TIMEZONE: GMT

COUNTRY: USA
CAPITOL: Washington
TIMEZONE: EST

COUNTRY: France
CAPITOL: Paris
TIMEZONE: GMT
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