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Delimited fields and formating
Hi
I am new to scripting. I have a file with following data 245|3|20090303456|3456 5072|34|20090304453|3546 245|28|20090304453|3547 5074|43|20090304453|3548 I want to format the file as below 245| 3|20090303456|3456 5072|34|20090304453|3546 245|28|20090304453|3547 5074|43|20090304453|3548 The main reason I want to do this is becase I want to sort the file using sort -n based on 1st 2 fields If I do not reformat as above then sort -n will give 245|28|20090304453|3547 245|3|20090303456|3456 5072|34|20090304453|3546 5074|43|20090304453|3548 What I actually want is 245|3|20090303456|3456 245|28|20090304453|3547 5072|34|20090304453|3546 5074|43|20090304453|3548 Please help me. Thanks and Regards Adarsh |
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