Hello

I have a file with next columns:

abscv dfghs tyhh I012453637felfwe.WAV
cvdbb dfghs fggh I01234255363678.WAV


could be possible using awk the truncation/spliting the fourth column in two, e.g:

I012453637felfwe.WAV ---> I012453 637felfwe.WAV
I01234255363678.WAV ----> I012342 55363678.WAV

Thanks.

Try this

COLUMNS="abscf dfghs tyyh I012453637felwe.WAV"
DUMMY=`echo $COLUMNS | awk '{
print $1
print $2
print $3
dummy1=substr($4, 1, 7)
dummy2=substr($4, 8)
print dummy1
print dummy2
}'`
echo $DUMMY

for i in $DUMMY
do
echo $i
done

or try this :
here you get a new file with new columns :

IFS="@"; for a in `cat /usr/mydir/myfile.txt`
do
echo $a | awk '{
dummy1=substr($4, 1, 7)
dummy2=substr($4, 8)
print $1" "$2" "$3" "dummy1" "dummy2 >> "/usr/mydir/myfile.new"
}'
done

Peter F.

This should do it...

awk '{print $1, $2, $3, substr($4,1,7), substr($4,8)}' yourFile > newFile

Thanks guys both options work pretty well.

Regards,