AWK replacing tabs in last column with conditions -


i'm trying work dataset contains tabs delimiters, last column has custom field users able enter custom text, including tabs. i'm trying delete tabs using

awk "/\t/{c++;if(c==7){sub(\"\t\",\"\");c=0}}1" users10000.csv >users10000awk.csv 

but seems there no delimiter between 6th , 7th column 7th empty.

what i'm trying replace tabs found after 7th if last field not empty through

awk /\t/{c++;if((c==7) && ($12!=\"\")){sub(\"\t\",\"\");c=0;}}1 usersorig.csv >usersorigawk.csv  

but results in error

){sub(\"\t\" unexpected @ time. 

i'm new awk , hoping work, formatting pain used to. chance help?

sample input:

100008949   esttrellitta    264 44  6853    0   28 dec 2009 18:01:42 gmt    el paso,tx. 100009841   chelseabex  152 50  394 0   28 dec 2009 18:05:43 gmt     100012792   erinpattisonn   984 666 5003    0   28 dec 2009 18:19:39 gmt    under bed. 100013967   tubeautifulrosa 323 251 1269    0   28 dec 2009 18:24:51 gmt    on  twitter ....... ahaahaa ! 100014135   geenajohnson    144 130 9789    0   28 dec 2009 18:25:37 gmt    arkansas 100015928   goosau  93  286 8075    0   28 dec 2009 18:33:59 gmt     10001882    rjwilson    1   340 6358    0   6 nov 2007 15:54:47 gmt iphone: 39.053871, 95.674576 100019750   hovminajjackson 135 136 6022    0   28 dec 2009 18:51:29 gmt    neverland 100020433   mattiebx    131 97  2610    0   28 dec 2009 18:54:40 gmt    zundert 100024321   katiestepek 64  93  503 0   28 dec 2009 19:13:08 gmt    hamilton 137179909   lalovesu    431 499 19568   0   26 apr 2010 01:45:05 gmt    oakland,\   ca 

the last line 1 of culprits want edit.

perhaps want?

$ seq 10 | paste -sd'\t'  1       2       3       4       5       6       7       8       9       10  $ seq 10 | paste -sd'\t' | sed 's/\t/ /7g'  1       2       3       4       5       6       7 8 9 10 

i think gnu-sed supports though. note, d'\t' default emphasize we're using tabs

update

to make work on tab delimited file row row

$ sed 's/\t/ /7g' input.file > output.file 

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