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Old 03-15-2008
jkl_jkl jkl_jkl is offline
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largest field , awk , help
Hi All,

My file is like this:

Code:
$ cat max.txt
abcd:1982:a
efghij:1980:e
klmn:1923:k
opqrst:1982:o
I have to find out the largest first field and the corresponding line. i.e

Output required:

Code:
efghij efghij:1980:e
opqrst opqrst:1982:o
HTH,
jkl_jkl