divide field in two strings

#1 (**permalink**) 07-17-2006

Hi everybody:
Anybody know how could I divide a field like this:
1234
like 12 34.
thanks in advance.

vish_indian · #2 (**permalink**) 07-17-2006

Quote:

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)}'

matrixmadhan · #3 (**permalink**) 07-17-2006

Quote:

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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