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Old 08-31-2007
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ghostdog74 View Post
Code:
awk 'BEGIN{OFS=FS="|"}$3==100{$3=2000}{print}' file
This is a nice reply(more generic) , worked for me :-) Thanks :-)