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write the sed command for swapping the first and 2nd (fields)words in the following file



input file

cse1 rama 1223
cse2 raju 2453
cse3 sita 3523



i tried with this

$sed 's/ \([a-z]*\)/ \([a-z]*\)/ \2,\1' myfile1


but not getting th required output sir

sounds like home work...

Code:

sed 's/\(.*\) \(.*\) \(.*\)/\2 \1 \3/g'  filename

i tried with this (what u sent ) but i am getting output without swapping the fields 1 and 2


i want swapping output sir

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vidyadhar85 showed you how it works basically - you should be able by yourself now to alter the command so that you get your desired output. Give it a try.

Personally, I think awk is easier in this situation ^^