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03-15-2008

jkl_jkl

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largest field , awk , help

Hi All,

My file is like this:

Code:

$ cat max.txt
abcd:1982:a
efghij:1980:e
klmn:1923:k
opqrst:1982:o

I have to find out the largest first field and the corresponding line. i.e

Output required:

Code:

efghij efghij:1980:e
opqrst opqrst:1982:o

HTH,
jkl_jkl

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