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Asked: 2026-06-14T21:09:29+00:00

File contents: (based on topic -> 1 ) Shimshon A, (blank), November 24, 2012,

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File contents: (based on topic -> 1)

"Shimshon A",
"(blank)",
"November 24, 2012",
"13,481",
"jonathan t",
"Laguna Niguel, CA",
"November 24, 2012",
"13,480",
"scott b",
"Sussex, NJ",
"November 24, 2012",
"13,479",

How to improve the command?:

gawk --posix 'ORS="";{sub(/,[0-9]{3}/, "&&\n"); print }' file

Result:

$ gawk --posix 'ORS="";{sub(/,[0-9]{3}/, "&&\n"); print }' file
"Shimshon A","(blank)","November 24, 2012","13,481,481
","jonathan t","Laguna Niguel, CA","November 24, 2012","13,480,480
","scott b","Sussex, NJ","November 24, 2012","13,479,479
",userpc@userpc-desktop:~/Pulpit$

I want to print:

"Shimshon A","(blank)","November 24, 2012","13,481"
"jonathan t","Laguna Niguel, CA","November 24, 2012","13,480"
"scott b","Sussex, NJ","November 24, 2012","13,479"

Please only solution in awk.

Thank you for your help.

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  1. Editorial Team

    I think this is what you’re looking for:

    awk -v ORS="" '/"[0-9]{2},[0-9]{3}"/ { sub(/,$/,""); print $0 "\n"; next }1' file

    Results:

    "Shimshon A","(blank)","November 24, 2012","13,481"
"jonathan t","Laguna Niguel, CA","November 24, 2012","13,480"
"scott b","Sussex, NJ","November 24, 2012","13,479"
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