Appending text at the beginning and end of second column of each line
 

Hi,

I am creating a symbol table as follows:

Field Value

field1 value1
field2 value2
field3 value3

A single TAB space is present between FIELD and the VALUE

Now I am required to modify the VALUE column so that the symbol table becomes

Field Value

field1 <s> value1 </s>
field2 <s> value2 </s>
field3 <s> value3 </s>

In this case, there is a single space between <s> and value* and there is a single space between value* and </s>. Also, as usual, there is a TAB separating FIELD and VALUE tabs.
How can I do this?

I am to implement this using either AWK, SED or VI EDITOR

Hi,

with sed, you can use:and with awk it could beThese examples would work for lists with two columns only.

If there are more than two columns, it would beFor detailed informations about the usage of these commands, you can use "man sed" and "man awk".

@OP: please show what you've done so far