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# 1  
Old 09-20-2007
How to insert tab at specified column.HELP
I have input like:
1234567890

cut -c1-3,6-7,9-10 input > output

Now I got 1236790.

I want to insert space between each cut. So the output like:
123 67 90

Can anybody help?
Thanks.
# 2  
Old 09-20-2007
One way to add spaces (not a tab or "\t" character):
Code:
awk '{print substr($0,1,3), substr($0,6,2), substr($0, 9,2)  }' > output

# 3  
Old 09-20-2007
Is there other way using other UNIX command? awk is not working for me.
giving me "16 bit MS-DOS Subsystem" error message. Smilie
# 4  
Old 09-20-2007
Hi.

Quote:
Originally Posted by sslr
I want to insert space between each cut. So the output like:
123 67 90
This is one alternative using GNU cut:
Code:
#!/usr/bin/env sh

# @(#) s1       Demonstrate insertion of string for cut output fields.

set -o nounset
echo

## Use local command version for the commands in this demonstration.

echo "(Versions of codes used in this script -- local code \"version\")"
version bash cut

echo
echo " Expecting |123 67 90|"

echo "1234567890" |
cut -c1-3,6-7,9-10 --output-delimiter=" "

exit 0

Producing:
Code:
% ./s1

(Versions of codes used in this script -- local code "version")
GNU bash, version 2.05b.0(1)-release (i386-pc-linux-gnu)
cut (coreutils) 5.2.1

 Expecting |123 67 90|
123 67 90

See man pages for details ... cheers, drl
Last edited by drl; 09-20-2007 at 07:06 PM..
# 5  
Old 09-21-2007
Smilie
Thank you drl. You are so helpful.
# 6  
Old 09-21-2007
What if two field being cut are next to each other, the delimiter will not be inserted?
cut -c1-3,4-5 --output-delimiter="|" input > output
The output will be:
12345

How to get 123|45?

Another question is how to get rid of the leading space, if I have input like:
1234567890
I'd like to have output
123|45
instead of
123|45

Could you please help?
Thanks.
# 7  
Old 09-21-2007
Oops.
input: | 123456789|
output:|123|45|

no leading or tailing space in every field.
 
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