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extract characters between two commas?


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I have a file with ~ 3 million rows, here is the first few lines of my file:



head out.txt
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
gene85752,gene85753
gene85752,gene85753
gene85752,gene85753
gene85752,gene85753
gene85752,gene85753
gene85752,gene85753
gene85752,gene85753,gene85754
gene85752,gene85753,gene85754
gene85752,gene85753,gene85754
gene85752,gene85753,gene85754
gene85752,gene85753
gene85752,gene85753
gene85752,gene85753
gene85752,gene85753
gene85752,gene85753
gene85752,gene85753
gene85752,gene85753
gene85752,gene85753
gene85752,gene85753
gene85752
gene85752


For those rows that are separated by ",", I want to keep everything after the first comma and before the second comma.
This is my desired output:



outgood.txt
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
gene85753
gene85753
gene85753
gene85753
gene85753
gene85753
gene85753
gene85753
gene85753
gene85753
gene85753
gene85753
gene85753
gene85753
gene85753
gene85753
gene85753
gene85753
gene85753
gene85752
gene85752









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    I have a file with ~ 3 million rows, here is the first few lines of my file:



    head out.txt
    NA
    NA
    NA
    NA
    NA
    gene85752,gene85753
    gene85752,gene85753
    gene85752,gene85753
    gene85752,gene85753
    gene85752,gene85753
    gene85752,gene85753
    gene85752,gene85753,gene85754
    gene85752,gene85753,gene85754
    gene85752,gene85753,gene85754
    gene85752,gene85753,gene85754
    gene85752,gene85753
    gene85752,gene85753
    gene85752,gene85753
    gene85752,gene85753
    gene85752,gene85753
    gene85752,gene85753
    gene85752,gene85753
    gene85752,gene85753
    gene85752,gene85753
    gene85752
    gene85752


    For those rows that are separated by ",", I want to keep everything after the first comma and before the second comma.
    This is my desired output:



    outgood.txt
    NA
    NA
    NA
    NA
    NA
    gene85753
    gene85753
    gene85753
    gene85753
    gene85753
    gene85753
    gene85753
    gene85753
    gene85753
    gene85753
    gene85753
    gene85753
    gene85753
    gene85753
    gene85753
    gene85753
    gene85753
    gene85753
    gene85753
    gene85752
    gene85752









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      I have a file with ~ 3 million rows, here is the first few lines of my file:



      head out.txt
      NA
      NA
      NA
      NA
      NA
      gene85752,gene85753
      gene85752,gene85753
      gene85752,gene85753
      gene85752,gene85753
      gene85752,gene85753
      gene85752,gene85753
      gene85752,gene85753,gene85754
      gene85752,gene85753,gene85754
      gene85752,gene85753,gene85754
      gene85752,gene85753,gene85754
      gene85752,gene85753
      gene85752,gene85753
      gene85752,gene85753
      gene85752,gene85753
      gene85752,gene85753
      gene85752,gene85753
      gene85752,gene85753
      gene85752,gene85753
      gene85752,gene85753
      gene85752
      gene85752


      For those rows that are separated by ",", I want to keep everything after the first comma and before the second comma.
      This is my desired output:



      outgood.txt
      NA
      NA
      NA
      NA
      NA
      gene85753
      gene85753
      gene85753
      gene85753
      gene85753
      gene85753
      gene85753
      gene85753
      gene85753
      gene85753
      gene85753
      gene85753
      gene85753
      gene85753
      gene85753
      gene85753
      gene85753
      gene85753
      gene85753
      gene85752
      gene85752









      share|improve this question














      I have a file with ~ 3 million rows, here is the first few lines of my file:



      head out.txt
      NA
      NA
      NA
      NA
      NA
      gene85752,gene85753
      gene85752,gene85753
      gene85752,gene85753
      gene85752,gene85753
      gene85752,gene85753
      gene85752,gene85753
      gene85752,gene85753,gene85754
      gene85752,gene85753,gene85754
      gene85752,gene85753,gene85754
      gene85752,gene85753,gene85754
      gene85752,gene85753
      gene85752,gene85753
      gene85752,gene85753
      gene85752,gene85753
      gene85752,gene85753
      gene85752,gene85753
      gene85752,gene85753
      gene85752,gene85753
      gene85752,gene85753
      gene85752
      gene85752


      For those rows that are separated by ",", I want to keep everything after the first comma and before the second comma.
      This is my desired output:



      outgood.txt
      NA
      NA
      NA
      NA
      NA
      gene85753
      gene85753
      gene85753
      gene85753
      gene85753
      gene85753
      gene85753
      gene85753
      gene85753
      gene85753
      gene85753
      gene85753
      gene85753
      gene85753
      gene85753
      gene85753
      gene85753
      gene85753
      gene85753
      gene85752
      gene85752






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          Since cut prints non-delimited lines by default the following works



          cut -f2 -d, file





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            It's nice when someone remember the little quirks of standard tools.

            – Kusalananda
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          awk -F, 'NF > 1 $1 = $2 print $1 ' file


          This uses awk to parse the file as lines consisting of comma-delimited fields.



          The code detects when there is more than a single field on a line, and when there is, the first field is replaced by the second field. The first field, either unmodified or modified by the conditional code, is then printed.






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          • With a big file, this would probably be faster: awk -F, 'print(NF>1 ? $2 : $1)' -- since you won't have to rewrite $0

            – glenn jackman
            9 mins ago











          • @glennjackman Well, the cut solution would be even faster in any case.

            – Kusalananda
            6 mins ago


















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          awk -F, 'NF == 1 print $1
          NF > 1 print $2' filename


          This will print just the first string if there is no comma, second string if there is one or more comma.






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            Since cut prints non-delimited lines by default the following works



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            Since cut prints non-delimited lines by default the following works



            cut -f2 -d, file





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            Since cut prints non-delimited lines by default the following works



            cut -f2 -d, file





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            Since cut prints non-delimited lines by default the following works



            cut -f2 -d, file






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              It's nice when someone remember the little quirks of standard tools.

              – Kusalananda
              1 hour ago












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              It's nice when someone remember the little quirks of standard tools.

              – Kusalananda
              1 hour ago







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            It's nice when someone remember the little quirks of standard tools.

            – Kusalananda
            1 hour ago





            It's nice when someone remember the little quirks of standard tools.

            – Kusalananda
            1 hour ago













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            awk -F, 'NF > 1 $1 = $2 print $1 ' file


            This uses awk to parse the file as lines consisting of comma-delimited fields.



            The code detects when there is more than a single field on a line, and when there is, the first field is replaced by the second field. The first field, either unmodified or modified by the conditional code, is then printed.






            share|improve this answer























            • With a big file, this would probably be faster: awk -F, 'print(NF>1 ? $2 : $1)' -- since you won't have to rewrite $0

              – glenn jackman
              9 mins ago











            • @glennjackman Well, the cut solution would be even faster in any case.

              – Kusalananda
              6 mins ago















            1














            awk -F, 'NF > 1 $1 = $2 print $1 ' file


            This uses awk to parse the file as lines consisting of comma-delimited fields.



            The code detects when there is more than a single field on a line, and when there is, the first field is replaced by the second field. The first field, either unmodified or modified by the conditional code, is then printed.






            share|improve this answer























            • With a big file, this would probably be faster: awk -F, 'print(NF>1 ? $2 : $1)' -- since you won't have to rewrite $0

              – glenn jackman
              9 mins ago











            • @glennjackman Well, the cut solution would be even faster in any case.

              – Kusalananda
              6 mins ago













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            awk -F, 'NF > 1 $1 = $2 print $1 ' file


            This uses awk to parse the file as lines consisting of comma-delimited fields.



            The code detects when there is more than a single field on a line, and when there is, the first field is replaced by the second field. The first field, either unmodified or modified by the conditional code, is then printed.






            share|improve this answer













            awk -F, 'NF > 1 $1 = $2 print $1 ' file


            This uses awk to parse the file as lines consisting of comma-delimited fields.



            The code detects when there is more than a single field on a line, and when there is, the first field is replaced by the second field. The first field, either unmodified or modified by the conditional code, is then printed.







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            • With a big file, this would probably be faster: awk -F, 'print(NF>1 ? $2 : $1)' -- since you won't have to rewrite $0

              – glenn jackman
              9 mins ago











            • @glennjackman Well, the cut solution would be even faster in any case.

              – Kusalananda
              6 mins ago

















            • With a big file, this would probably be faster: awk -F, 'print(NF>1 ? $2 : $1)' -- since you won't have to rewrite $0

              – glenn jackman
              9 mins ago











            • @glennjackman Well, the cut solution would be even faster in any case.

              – Kusalananda
              6 mins ago
















            With a big file, this would probably be faster: awk -F, 'print(NF>1 ? $2 : $1)' -- since you won't have to rewrite $0

            – glenn jackman
            9 mins ago





            With a big file, this would probably be faster: awk -F, 'print(NF>1 ? $2 : $1)' -- since you won't have to rewrite $0

            – glenn jackman
            9 mins ago













            @glennjackman Well, the cut solution would be even faster in any case.

            – Kusalananda
            6 mins ago





            @glennjackman Well, the cut solution would be even faster in any case.

            – Kusalananda
            6 mins ago











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            awk -F, 'NF == 1 print $1
            NF > 1 print $2' filename


            This will print just the first string if there is no comma, second string if there is one or more comma.






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              awk -F, 'NF == 1 print $1
              NF > 1 print $2' filename


              This will print just the first string if there is no comma, second string if there is one or more comma.






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                awk -F, 'NF == 1 print $1
                NF > 1 print $2' filename


                This will print just the first string if there is no comma, second string if there is one or more comma.






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                awk -F, 'NF == 1 print $1
                NF > 1 print $2' filename


                This will print just the first string if there is no comma, second string if there is one or more comma.







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