11-21-2006
Cut output to same byte position
Hi folks
I have a file with thousands of lines with fixed length fields:
sample (assume x is a blank space)
111333xx444TTTLKOPxxxxxxxxx
I need to make a copy of this file but with only some of the field positions, for example I'd like to copy the sample to the follwing: so I'd like to print bytes 4-5 and 15-16 and they be in the same character positions in the new file.
xxx33xxxxxxxxTLxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I started looking at cut -b4-5,15-16 but my output is in position 1-4 instead of the same 4-5 and 15-16 with blank spaces everywhere there was one in the original.
Any help would be appreciated.
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