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Asked: 2026-05-18T08:25:39+00:00

Is there a way to have awk not print a fixed width column? For

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Is there a way to have awk not print a fixed width column?

For example: 

"9", "TAYLOR TOWER, JACOB B.   "
"9", "UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS-EAST"
"AR", "SCHOTTENSTEIN CENTER     "
"B1", "NEWARK RESIDENCE HALL    "
"B2", "NEWARK RESIDENCE HALL    "
"CC", "OHIO STADIUM             "
"D1", "TELECOM NETWORK CENTER  "
"DC", "SCHOTTENSTEIN CENTER     "
"EN", "SCHOTTENSTEIN CENTER     "
"GR", "UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS-EAST"
"LL", "RANEY COMMONS, 2ND LT. AL"
"MZ", "PHYSICS RESEARCH        "
"MZ", "SCHOTTENSTEIN CENTER     "
"NS", "STARLING LOVING HALL    "
"P1", "OHIO STADIUM             "
"P2", "OHIO STADIUM             "
"P3", "OHIO STADIUM             "

I want this to be printed as: 

"9", "TAYLOR TOWER, JACOB B."
"9", "UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS-EAST"
"AR", "SCHOTTENSTEIN CENTER"
"B1", "NEWARK RESIDENCE HALL"
"B2", "NEWARK RESIDENCE HALL"
"CC", "OHIO STADIUM"
"D1", "TELECOM NETWORK CENTER"
"DC", "SCHOTTENSTEIN CENTER"
"EN", "SCHOTTENSTEIN CENTER"
"GR", "UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS-EAST"
"LL", "RANEY COMMONS, 2ND LT. AL"
"MZ", "PHYSICS RESEARCH"
"MZ", "SCHOTTENSTEIN CENTER"
"NS", "STARLING LOVING HALL"
"P1", "OHIO STADIUM"
"P2", "OHIO STADIUM"
"P3", "OHIO STADIUM"

Notice the second field in this text has no whitespace inside the quotes. Is this possible?

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  1. Editorial Team

    In AWK (gawk/nawk)

    {sub(/[ ]*\"$/, "\"");print}
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