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aigles thanks a lot for writing me !
can u please tell me what is gsub ??? it is not working in my OS i am using AIX 5.2
is this script work for any number of column ???
can u please help me in understanding !

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This script works for any number of columns.
I run it on my AIX server without problem.

I modified the execution example in my post (missing lookup file).
Show us the error message you got.

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