How can I get AWK to start reading by the end? - bash

Question

I need to parse all a file into a better format to produce an outcome with columns delimited by a comma, thinking of being able to export the content in CSV file.
This is an example of my input;
. D 0 Mon Dec 10 11:07:46 2018
.. D 0 Mon Feb 19 11:38:06 2018
RJ9-5 D 0 Fri Nov 30 10:34:24 2018
WorkingOnClass D 0 Wed Feb 28 09:37:52 2018
ML-Test001 D 0 Fri Dec 7 16:38:56 2018
TestML4Testing D 0 Wed Aug 22 08:58:42 2018
ML-NewDataSE SetCases1.xlsx A 1415577 Wed Aug 29 14:00:16 2018
DR0001-Dum01 D 0 Thu Aug 16 08:24:25 2018
DR0002-Dum02 D 0 Thu Aug 16 09:04:50 2018
Readme File for Documentation And Data Description.docx A 16136 Wed Aug 29 14:00:24 2018
ML Database Prototype D 0 Thu Dec 6 15:11:11 2018
OneNote D 0 Mon Dec 3 09:39:20 2018
Data A 0 Mon Dec 10 11:07:46 2018
\RJ9-5
. D 0 Fri Nov 30 10:34:24 2018
.. D 0 Mon Dec 10 11:07:46 2018
KLR0151_Set023_Files_RJ9_05.xlsx A 182462 Wed Apr 4 02:48:55 2018
KLR0152_Set023_Files_RJ9_05.xlsx A 525309 Wed Apr 4 02:53:57 2018
\ML-Test001
. D 0 Wed Feb 28 09:37:52 2018
.. D 0 Mon Dec 10 11:07:46 2018
WT_Conforming_Format1_1.docx A 500914 Mon Feb 26 08:50:55 2018
Conforming_Format_1_1.xlsx A 130647 Mon Feb 26 08:52:33 2018
DR0135_Dum01_text.xls A 974848 Mon Feb 12 08:11:11 2018
DR0139_Dum02_body.xls A 1061888 Tue Jun 19 13:43:54 2018
DataSet_File_mod0874953.xlsx A 149835 Mon Feb 26 14:17:02 2018
File Path For Dataset-2018.07.11.xlsx A 34661 Mon Feb 12 09:27:17
This is script right here can make the job:
#!/bin/bash
awk -v OFS=, '
BEGIN { print "PATH, FILENAME, SIZE, TIMESTAMP" }
/[\\]/ { path=$0 }
$2 ~ /A/ {print path"\\"$1,$3,$4 " " $5 " " $6 " " $7 " "$8 }
' "$#"
But is ignoring the names with spaces on it, so I need to validate them with something like:
awk -v FS="\t" '{print $1}'
But I could't integrate into the shell script, because the way the shell script is working, so I was thinking on make AWK to start reading by the end, since the end is always the same, and leave the rest.
The output should something like this:
/RJ9-5/KLR0151_Set023_Files_RJ9_05.xlsx,182462,Wed Apr 4 02:48:55 2018
/RJ9-5/KLR0152_Set023_Files_RJ9_05.xlsx,25309,Wed Apr 4 02:53:57 2018
/ML-Test001/WT_Conforming_Format1_1.docx,500914,Mon Feb 26 08:50:55 2018
/ML-Test001/Format_1_1.xlsx,130647,Mon Feb 26 08:52:33 2018
/ML-Test001/DR0135_Dum01_text.xls,974848,Mon Feb 12 08:11:11 2018
/ML-Test001/DR0139_Dum02_body.xls,1061888,Tue Jun 19 13:43:54 2018
/ML-Test001/DataSet_File_mod0874953.xlsx,149835,Mon Feb 26 14:17:02 2018
/ML-Test001/File Path For Dataset-2018.07.11.xlsx,34661,Mon Feb 12 09:27:17 2018

Answer 1

With GNU awk for the 3rd arg to match() (and far less importantly \s shorthand for [[:space:]]):
$ cat tst.awk
BEGIN { OFS="," }
{ gsub(/^\s+|\s+$/,"") }
sub(/^\\/,"/") { path = $0; next }
path == "" { next }
match($0,/^(.*[^ ]) +A +([^ ]+) +(.*)/,a) { print path "/" a[1], a[2], a[3] }
$ awk -f tst.awk file
/RJ9-5/KLR0151_Set023_Files_RJ9_05.xlsx,182462,Wed Apr 4 02:48:55 2018
/RJ9-5/KLR0152_Set023_Files_RJ9_05.xlsx,525309,Wed Apr 4 02:53:57 2018
/ML-Test001/WT_Conforming_Format1_1.docx,500914,Mon Feb 26 08:50:55 2018
/ML-Test001/Conforming_Format_1_1.xlsx,130647,Mon Feb 26 08:52:33 2018
/ML-Test001/DR0135_Dum01_text.xls,974848,Mon Feb 12 08:11:11 2018
/ML-Test001/DR0139_Dum02_body.xls,1061888,Tue Jun 19 13:43:54 2018
/ML-Test001/DataSet_File_mod0874953.xlsx,149835,Mon Feb 26 14:17:02 2018
/ML-Test001/File Path For Dataset-2018.07.11.xlsx,34661,Mon Feb 12 09:27:17

Answer 2

Try this Perl solution:
$ perl -lane ' if(/^\s*$/) { $x=0;$y=0} if(/^\\/) {$x=1 ;($a=$_)=~s/\s*$//g;$a=~s/\\/\//g; } $y++ if $x==1 ; if($y>3) { s/^\s*//g; $_=~s/(.+?)\s+\S+\s+((\d+)\s+.+)/$1 $2/g;print "$a/$_" } ' essparaq.txt
/RJ9-5/KLR0151_Set023_Files_RJ9_05.xlsx 182462 Wed Apr 4 02:48:55 2018
/RJ9-5/KLR0152_Set023_Files_RJ9_05.xlsx 525309 Wed Apr 4 02:53:57 2018
/ML-Test001/WT_Conforming_Format1_1.docx 500914 Mon Feb 26 08:50:55 2018
/ML-Test001/Conforming_Format_1_1.xlsx 130647 Mon Feb 26 08:52:33 2018
/ML-Test001/DR0135_Dum01_text.xls 974848 Mon Feb 12 08:11:11 2018
/ML-Test001/DR0139_Dum02_body.xls 1061888 Tue Jun 19 13:43:54 2018
/ML-Test001/DataSet_File_mod0874953.xlsx 149835 Mon Feb 26 14:17:02 2018
/ML-Test001/File Path For Dataset-2018.07.11.xlsx 34661 Mon Feb 12 09:27:17
$ cat essparaq.txt
. D 0 Mon Dec 10 11:07:46 2018
.. D 0 Mon Feb 19 11:38:06 2018
RJ9-5 D 0 Fri Nov 30 10:34:24 2018
WorkingOnClass D 0 Wed Feb 28 09:37:52 2018
ML-Test001 D 0 Fri Dec 7 16:38:56 2018
TestML4Testing D 0 Wed Aug 22 08:58:42 2018
ML-NewDataSE SetCases1.xlsx A 1415577 Wed Aug 29 14:00:16 2018
DR0001-Dum01 D 0 Thu Aug 16 08:24:25 2018
DR0002-Dum02 D 0 Thu Aug 16 09:04:50 2018
Readme File for Documentation And Data Description.docx A 16136 Wed Aug 29 14 :00:24 2018
ML Database Prototype D 0 Thu Dec 6 15:11:11 2018
OneNote D 0 Mon Dec 3 09:39:20 2018
Data A 0 Mon Dec 10 11:07:46 2018
\RJ9-5
. D 0 Fri Nov 30 10:34:24 2018
.. D 0 Mon Dec 10 11:07:46 2018
KLR0151_Set023_Files_RJ9_05.xlsx A 182462 Wed Apr 4 02:48:55 2018
KLR0152_Set023_Files_RJ9_05.xlsx A 525309 Wed Apr 4 02:53:57 2018
\ML-Test001
. D 0 Wed Feb 28 09:37:52 2018
.. D 0 Mon Dec 10 11:07:46 2018
WT_Conforming_Format1_1.docx A 500914 Mon Feb 26 08:50:55 2018
Conforming_Format_1_1.xlsx A 130647 Mon Feb 26 08:52:33 2018
DR0135_Dum01_text.xls A 974848 Mon Feb 12 08:11:11 2018
DR0139_Dum02_body.xls A 1061888 Tue Jun 19 13:43:54 2018
DataSet_File_mod0874953.xlsx A 149835 Mon Feb 26 14:17:02 2018
File Path For Dataset-2018.07.11.xlsx A 34661 Mon Feb 12 09:27:17