Reformating problem making me lose hair.

[isileth]

OK....driving me nuts here.
I have a file which is in s format somewhat akin to below:

12345 x y z
12345 a bb c dd
12345 m n o
45678 x y z
45678 a bb c dd
45678 m n o
34567 x y z
34567 a bb c dd
34567 m n o

The first column number (eg 12345) is like a process id and all the other variables are various other parameters associated with that process. So what I need to do is extract some of the various parameters associated with that process id, so I end up with something like:

12345 x bb y n m
45678 x bb y n m
34567 x bb y n m

Cheers all.

 

[vgersh99]

pls elaborate on "some of the various parameters" and define more precisely "so I end up with something like".

So far I don't see a pattern in what you HAVE and what you WANT to have.

vlad

 

[CaKiwi]

Does this do what you want?

{
  x=$2
  y=$3
  getline
  bb = $3
  getline
  print $1 " " x " " bb " " y " " $3 " " $2
}

CaKiwi

 

[vgersh99]

pls elaborate on "some of the various parameters" and define more precisely "so I end up with something like".

So far I don't see a pattern in what you HAVE and what you WANT to have.

vlad