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Old 07-17-2006
Error divide field in two strings
Hi everybody:
Anybody know how could I divide a field like this:
1234
like 12 34.
thanks in advance.
tonet
# 2  
Old 07-17-2006
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Originally Posted by tonet
Hi everybody:
Anybody know how could I divide a field like this:
1234
like 12 34.
thanks in advance.

echo "1234" | awk '{ print substr($0,1,2), substr($0,3,2)}'
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Old 07-17-2006
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Originally Posted by tonet
Hi everybody:
Anybody know how could I divide a field like this:
1234
like 12 34.
thanks in advance.
an ugly way of doing it,
Code:
echo "1234" | sed 's/\(..\)\(..\)/\1 \2/'

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