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moving columns across rows

I am dealing with a txt file and trying to keep the first column/field in place, but shift the 2nd column down by 1 row. I tried this, but it gave the error unmatched .'s. awk '{for(i=1; i<NR; ...
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Data pivot with awk

I'm trying to pivot a file using awk. This is an example of my input File: VarName;TimeString;VarValue;Validity;Time_ms A;23.11.201215:03:53;1;1;41236627696,7593 ...
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Merging content of two files with comparing content of column

I have a problem trying to merge content of two files : file 1 : 873 1.1.1.1 1033 99.99.99.10 1108 78.2.204.174 1257 78.2.8.181 file 2: test1 78.2.8.181 p6 test2 99.99.99.10 p9 test7 1.1.1.1 ...
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Combining files with 4 columns each, into 4 files for each column [closed]

So I have a bunch of text files which look like this: T1 r1 a b c d r2 d e f g ... T2 r1 h i j k r2 l m n o ... And I want to make FOUR different text files in the following ...
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Swapping an unlimited number of columns

I have a file with columns. See below for an example: a b c ... z 1 2 3 ... 26 I'd like to swap all columns where the 1st becomes the last, the second becomes the one before last...etc.. z y x ...
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Column mismatch and substituting

input.txt (tab-delimted) TTTTOTTT00000000008 RTTTT899 5.00E-28 TTTTOTTT00000000046 RTTTWRR 3.00E-31 TTTTOTTT00000000051 2.00E-11 TTTTOTTT00000000051 7.00E-12 TTTTOTTT00000000054 ...
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text processing-perl

I am a biologist. I would like help of computer experts to help in text file editing. Here is what the input file looks like: ##dsfsd2 ##sdf-sdf sasg 5.6.3 gi34_ex Gen CDS 161 317 . ...