I have a record with fixed length fields....I would like to reorder the fields and preserver the fixed lengths....
cat test
cat newtest
I can get it done with this awk line, but I need to preserve the field lengths....this command will not.
Anyone have a sed line or a better awk line?
TIA!!!!
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