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05-08-2008

robotronic

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You may use a thing like:

Code:

echo "${CNTR_NM}" | sed "s/\([^ ]*\)/'\1'/1"

or

Code:

echo "${CNTR_NM}" | awk '{ printf("\047%s\047 %s\n", $1, $2) }'

On Solaris, use nawk instead of awk.