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I'd add a couple of more mods:

sed -e 's/^\(..\)\(....\)/\2\1/' in-file > out-file

There's no need to match the rest of the line, as it'll stay in place.

Anchoring to the beginning of the line is a paranoia setting.

BAJ


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