Is there a way to count the no. of fields (columns) in a file?
Actually I need to cut some fields starting from the middle to the end. How can I specify to cut till last field?
thanks in advance
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hi
i am a new unix user
i want to check whether a file contains spacefied no of fields
if so i should delete last fields
and then insert some fields in 2nd field
please help me
Thanks Regards
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