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Forum: Shell Programming and Scripting 09-15-2010

awk script replace positions if certain positions equal prescribed value

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Thanks guys those work great!

Thanks guys those work great!

Forum: Shell Programming and Scripting 09-14-2010

awk script replace positions if certain positions equal prescribed value

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sure can before: RR 20100828 00599...

sure can

before:

RR 20100828 00599 0001230111 +00000000123 XXX 100111
SS 20100828 00599 0001230111 +00000000123 XXX 100222
TT 20100828 00599 0001230111 +00000000123 ABC 100333...

Forum: Shell Programming and Scripting 09-14-2010

awk script replace positions if certain positions equal prescribed value

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awk script replace positions if certain positions equal prescribed value

I am attempting to replace positions 44-46 with YYY if positions 48-50 = XXX.

awk -F "" '{if (substr($0,48,3)=="XXX") $44="YYY"}1' OFS="" $filename > $tempfile

But this is not working, 44-46 is...

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