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Forum: Shell Programming and Scripting 11-01-2011

How do i find the first number in each line and insert dummy string into the missing columns?

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Hi Carlo, Numeric field is in variable...

Hi Carlo,

Numeric field is in variable position (column) in the input file!

First line 1808 is in column4
Second line 1802 is in column3
..
..
Last line 1797 is in column5

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Forum: Shell Programming and Scripting 11-01-2011

How do i find the first number in each line and insert dummy string into the missing columns?

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How do i find the first number in each line and insert dummy string into the missing columns?

Hi,

I have one input file with the following content:

MY_inpfile.txt
Aname1 Cname1 Cname2 1808 5
Aname2 Cname1 1802 47
Bname1 ? 1819 22
Bname2 Cname1 1784 11
Bname3 1817 9
Zname1...

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