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Old 07-02-2009
converting fixed length file to delimited file

hi ,
i need to convert fixed length file to delimited file using unix where length of each column is variable
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Old 07-02-2009
Search the forums for 'FIELDWIDTHS'
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Old 07-02-2009
can you please give some samples from your end(what you are expecting with example)
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