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Old 05-14-2004, 12:39 AM   #1
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awk/sed help


this is the 3rd line in a file
abc 10 20 30 50 90 30 hh 12
how to modify the fitth value(i.e. 50) using awk or sed??
 
Old 05-14-2004, 12:59 AM   #2
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the quick and dirty way would be to do

awk '{print $1, $2, $3, $4, "NewValue", $6, $7, $8, $9}'
 
  


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