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Old 05-26-2009
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nawk '{ $0="(" $0 ")"; gsub(" ", "-") ; ORS=(FNR%2)?FS:RS}1' myFile
Last edited by vgersh99; 05-26-2009 at 01:13 PM.. Reason: added '-'