Inserting space in file

[cgswong]

Hi all,

I'm trying to insert a single space at column position 53 in all lines for a file but can't quite figure out how to do this. Anybody have any ideas on this please? I'd appreciate any ideas.

Thanks.

Snr Unix System Admin/DBA
Digicel Jamaica (

http://www.digiceljamaica.com)

 

[PHV]

man sed

Hope This Help, PH.
Want to get great answers to your Tek-Tips questions? Have a look at FAQ219-2884 or FAQ222-2244

 

[CaKiwi]

Or use awk (untested)

awk '{print substr($0,1,52) " " substr($0,52)}' infile

CaKiwi

 

[cgswong]

You're a *!

The awk worked great!

Thanks!

Snr Unix System Admin/DBA
Digicel Jamaica (

http://www.digiceljamaica.com)

 

[johngiggs]

wongyc2k,

This should work:

sed 's/^\(.\{52\}\)/\1 /' filename

John