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sed -e 's@^\(.\)\(.\)\(.\)\(.\)\(.\)\(.\)@\3\4\5\6\1\2@' infile > outfile

What could be easier?  ;)

On 5/12/05, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer at gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't use sed very often, does anyone know how to shift the first 2
> chars of every line to chars 5 & 6.
> 
> In otherwords if I have lines like:
> 
> 123456rest of line.
> 
> I need it to be:
> 
> 345612rest of line.
> 
> PS: Any tool can be used, but I have 80,000 lines to modify in a
> single file, and sed is the only tool I know for the job.
> 
> Thanks
> Greg
> --
> Greg Freemyer
> The Norcross Group
> Forensics for the 21st Century
> 


-- 
Greg Freemyer
The Norcross Group
Forensics for the 21st Century


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