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# 1  
Old 01-28-2014
To replace a column of particular line
hi,

I am having a file where in i need to replace a particular coulmn of certain specific line only

for eg:

Code:
a|xx|yy|xx
b|aaa|qq|1234
c|11|aa|qq

i need to replace 2nd line
Code:
a|xx|yy|xx
b|aaa|REPLACE|1234
c|11|aa|qq


awk 'BEGIN{OFS=FS="|"}{print $3}'= 'REPLACE' {print}'
# 2  
Old 01-28-2014
Code:
awk -F\| 'NR==2{$3="REPLACE"}1' OFS=\| file

# 3  
Old 01-28-2014
The above code is taking long time without exiting
# 4  
Old 01-28-2014
May be you have missed something (the filename?) and your command is waiting for some input.

Code:
awk -F\| 'NR==2{$3="REPLACE"}1' OFS=\| file

Slight modification in your solution
Code:
awk 'BEGIN{OFS=FS="|"}NR==2{$3="REPLACE"} {print }'  filename

Do remember to provide the file.
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