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# 1  
Old 01-03-2011
Replace text in column
Hi:

I have a file as below:

Code:
#LINE 3841.0
        14663859  358272.0  676600.0     20.00   1510.00
                                         91.00   1534.00
                                        215.00   1624.00
                                        374.00   1688.00
        14663899  358772.0  676600.0      3.00   1499.00
                                        226.00   1621.00
                                        380.00   1694.00
                                        589.00   1783.00
#LINE 3842.0
        14663979  359772.0  676600.0     16.00   1505.00
                                        152.00   1566.00
                                        341.00   1666.00
                                        631.00   1796.00
 
        14664019  360272.0  676600.0     16.00   1508.00
                                        141.00   1566.00
                                        338.00   1678.00
                                        601.00   1787.00

I would like to get the output file like this:

Code:
        14663859  358272.0  676600.0     20.00   1510.00
                  358272.0  676600.0     91.00   1534.00
                  358272.0  676600.0    215.00   1624.00
                  358272.0  676600.0    374.00   1688.00
        14663899  358772.0  676600.0      3.00   1499.00
                  358772.0  676600.0    226.00   1621.00
                  358772.0  676600.0    380.00   1694.00
                  358772.0  676600.0    589.00   1783.00
        14663979  359772.0  676600.0     16.00   1505.00
                  359772.0  676600.0    152.00   1566.00
                  359772.0  676600.0    341.00   1666.00
                  359772.0  676600.0    631.00   1796.00
        14664019  360272.0  676600.0     16.00   1508.00
                  360272.0  676600.0    141.00   1566.00
                  360272.0  676600.0    338.00   1678.00
                  360272.0  676600.0    601.00   1787.00
                  360272.0  676600.0    778.00   1855.00

# 2  
Old 01-03-2011
Code:
perl -ne 'next if /#LINE|^\s+$/;
          next if (-z $_); s/ +/\t/g;
          if (/^\s*[\d\.]+(\s+[\d\.]+\s+[\d\.]+\s+)([\d\.]+\s+[\d\.]+\s*)$/)
          {$t=$1; print "$_";}else{s/^\s+//;print "\t\t$t$_"};' inputfile

# 3  
Old 01-03-2011
Code:
awk '/^#/{next}NF>2{p2=$2;p3=$3;print}NF==2{printf "%26s %9s %9s %9s\n",p2,p3,$1,$2}' infile

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