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  • This almost worked. I now get ",col1,col2,col3,". I need to remove the first comma after the name Commented Jan 10, 2018 at 19:49
  • I think the extra comma at the beginning might be due to leading whitespaces/new lines? Commented Jan 10, 2018 at 19:55
  • @user2441441, mhmh, well, I can't see the original data you used to produce the comma-separated list, so it's hard to say. Empty lines would cause that, though. Commented Jan 10, 2018 at 19:58
  • Thanks. Do you know how to remove the extra comma? Commented Jan 10, 2018 at 20:00
  • Can you please explain how the command works awk -vORS=, 'p {print $2}; $2 == "name" {p=1} '? Commented Jan 10, 2018 at 20:07