07-24-2015
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There is a space in the first position of each line on your input file so the condition ^> will not find any lines.
Sorry! I did not notice (corrected)
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What is the requirement as to why you need to use substr as your solution appears to work with a slight modification?
I know my code works. I want to improve it. Is there a better way to achieve this task using awk? Any suggestions?
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