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Old 01-28-2008
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echo {1..9}^2\;|bc
  
 

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hmmm

hacky solution is:


Code:
tr "\"" "%" <file1 | nawk -F";" '{ print $1"~"$2"~"$3"~"$4"~"$5"~"$6"~"$7"~"$8; }' | tr "%" "\""

i.e. convert the "'s to %'s then map them back later....


EDIT: nope - ignore me - I'm talking rubbish ;-) too early on a monday morning - need more caffeine