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Old 03-31-2006
george_ george_ is offline
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whats wrong with this awk???

while read LINE;
do
echo |awk -v LIN="${LINE}" '{print substr(LIN,1,7)","substr(LIN,8,5)" ,"substr(LIN,14,10)","substr(LIN,24,6)" ,"substr(LIN,30,8)}';
done < exp1.txt


exp1.txt = 1234 grgrg 203902 ksdjh oehr weo

why it doesn't work??

thanks.