Question for Unix bods

**portseven** · 1 September 2007, 08:52

I think 'awk' is the command you want, something like

awk -F" " '{OFS="\t"}{print $1,$2,$3,$4,$5}' sumfile

Do a 'man awk' and have a bugger about

**DGK** · 1 September 2007, 08:55

thanks buddy, I'll have a drink in Hull for you tonight.

Up the Tigers.

**DBA_bloke** · 1 September 2007, 10:10

Or, use vi.

vi fileName
Position cursor to start of the file.
Then...
Semicolon percent-symbol lowercase-s forward-slash spacebar forward-slash hit-Tab-key forward-slash lowercase-g
Will look something like this in vi
:%s/ /^I/g

**wendigo100** · 1 September 2007, 10:44

Originally posted by DGK View Post

thanks buddy, I'll have a drink in Hull for you tonight.

Up the Tigers.

Unix ... Hull ... I see a pattern here!

**DGK** · 1 September 2007, 12:30

yes, the pattern is that they both contain 4 letters, I'd try the MENSA test if I were you.

Chelsea @ home, who'd have thought it eh?

**cojak** · 1 September 2007, 12:42

Why, would Mensa know the difference between the terms 'General' and 'Technical'?

**DGK** · 1 September 2007, 14:45

You sound like someone who gets frustrated at the fact you never know the answers to technical questions. IT is your gremlin

You're an agent and I claim my £5

**wendigo100** · 1 September 2007, 15:45

Originally posted by DGK View Post

You sound like someone who gets frustrated at the fact you never know the answers to technical questions. IT is your gremlin

You're an agent and I claim my £5

He's got you banged to rights, cojak!

**wendigo100** · 1 September 2007, 15:46

Or me. I'm not sure who that was aimed at.

Probably both of us. That's a tenner we owe him then.

Question for Unix bods