shell/TransposeFile.sh

# Source : https://leetcode.com/problems/transpose-file/
# Author : Hao Chen
# Date   : 2015-03-31

################################################################################## 
# 
# Given a text file file.txt, transpose its content.
# 
# You may assume that each row has the same number of columns and each field is separated by the ' ' character.
# 
# For example, if file.txt has the following content:
# 
# name age
# alice 21
# ryan 30
# 
# Output the following:
# 
# name alice ryan
# age 21 30
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#!/bin/sh

# Read from the file file.txt and print its transposed content to stdout.
awk '
{
    for (i = 1; i <= NF; i++) {
        if (NR == 1){
            s[i]=$i;
        }else{
            s[i] = s[i] " " $i;
        }
    }
}
END {
    for (i = 1; s[i] != ""; i++) {
        print s[i];
    }
}' file.txt