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Old 04-19-2013
[Solved] How to swap PIPE seperator delimiter?
I have file like below
1|4|OR|OLAP|INT|INT||CONSTANT|2012/08/07|9999/12/31|0|0|0|0|PRL|-358.1684563||||||||||36522|55791|LNR|
2|4|OR|OLAP|CLR|CLR||CONSTANT|2012/09/07|9999/12/31|0|0|0|0|PRL|-358.1684563||||||||||36522|57891|REGS|
11|5|S1|MRD|RMPLT|RMPLT||CONSTANT|2012/09/07|9999/12/31|0|0|0|0|PRL|-358.1684563||||||||||36524|57921|PDR|
411|5|S1|MRD|PRDLP|PRDLP||CONSTANT|2012/08/07|9999/12/31|0|0|0|0|PRL|-358.1684563||||||||||36542|57391|PDR|

I want to swap 3rd value to 4th value in the file
example

1|4|OLAP|OR|INT|INT||CONSTANT|2012/08/07|9999/12/31|0|0|0|0|PRL|-358.1684563||||||||||36522|55791|LNR|
2|4|OLAP|OR|CLR|CLR||CONSTANT|2012/09/07|9999/12/31|0|0|0|0|PRL|-358.1684563||||||||||36522|57891|REGS|
11|5|MRD|S1|RMPLT|RMPLT||CONSTANT|2012/09/07|9999/12/31|0|0|0|0|PRL|-358.1684563||||||||||36524|57921|PDR|
411|5|MRD|S1|PRDLP|PRDLP||CONSTANT|2012/08/07|9999/12/31|0|0|0|0|PRL|-358.1684563||||||||||36542|57391|PDR|

I tried using following, but its working only if space not PIPE, help
awk '{ t=$3 ; $3=$4; $4=t; print }' _mse_model_val_code_master.dat > outputfile
# 2  
Old 04-19-2013
Yes, you have to specify the field separator to be the pipe:
Code:
$ awk 'BEGIN { FS=OFS="|" } { t=$3; $3=$4; $4=t; print }' input
1|4|OLAP|OR|INT|INT||CONSTANT|2012/08/07|9999/12/31|0|0|0|0|PRL|-358.1684563||||||||||36522|55791|LNR|
2|4|OLAP|OR|CLR|CLR||CONSTANT|2012/09/07|9999/12/31|0|0|0|0|PRL|-358.1684563||||||||||36522|57891|REGS|
11|5|MRD|S1|RMPLT|RMPLT||CONSTANT|2012/09/07|9999/12/31|0|0|0|0|PRL|-358.1684563||||||||||36524|57921|PDR|
411|5|MRD|S1|PRDLP|PRDLP||CONSTANT|2012/08/07|9999/12/31|0|0|0|0|PRL|-358.1684563||||||||||36542|57391|PDR|

# 3  
Old 04-20-2013
Thanks for quick responce and it works fine..Smilie

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Mod Comment edit by bakunin: thanks for the follow-up, chnaged thread title to "Solved"
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