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Old 01-31-2008
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ok - not going to win a prize for pretty code, but,


Code:
 awk -F"|" 'NF==16{print}NF==14{OFS="|";$16=$14;$14="";print $1,$2,$3,$4,$5,$6,$7,$8,$9,$10,$11,$12,$13,$14,$15,$16}' infile

works. With the input you provided, the following is the o/p:


Code:
|field1|field2|field3|field4|field5|field6|field7|field8|field9|field10|field11|field12|||
|field1|field2|field3|field4|field5|field6|field7|field8|field9|field10|field11|field12|field13|fiel d14|field15
|field1|field2|field3|field4|field5|field6|field7|field8|field9|field10|field11|field12|||field13

HTH,