path: root/src/bin/clump.c

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

//clumps together consecutive rows containing the same first column
//to have column 2- printed after a single column 1 value.
//just try it out.
//printf "a a\na b\na c\nb a\nb b\nc a\nc b\n" | clump
//still working on the name.

int main(int argc,char *argv[]) {
 char line[256];
 char *id;
 char sep=' ';
 char *value;
 char *oldid=malloc(1);
 *oldid=0;
 if(argc > 1) sep=argv[1][0];
 while(fgets(line,sizeof(line),stdin)) {
  id=line;
  if(strchr(line,'\n')) *strchr(line,'\n')=0;
  if(strchr(id,sep)) {
   value=strchr(id,sep);
   *value=0;
   value++;
  }
  if(strcmp(id,oldid)) {
   if(*oldid != 0) {
    printf("\n");
   }
   printf("%s:",id);
   free(oldid);
   oldid=strdup(id);
  }
  printf(" %s",value);
 }
 printf("\n");
 return 0;
}