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Old 12-16-2005
Number Swaping.... in file
I have a file having entries like 1270 (about 55000 entries like this). i want to swap these numbers like 2107... Any Idea
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Old 12-16-2005
see "man sed" and search for the word "replace" ... also do a search in this forum as this question or something very similar is regularly asked
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Old 12-16-2005
Are you talking about endian changes by any chance?
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Old 12-17-2005
Yeah Jim ... i m takling abt endian change Smilie
 
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