NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #18/NN_1992_18.iso/spool/comp/editors/2008

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Path: sparky!uunet!decwrl!csus.edu!netcom.com!kemnitz
From: [e-mail] (Greg Kemnitz)
Subject: Re: Switching fields in vi
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 92 21:26:41 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)
References: <[e-mail]>
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Heng Kek) writes:
=Hello everyone
=
=In my file, I have 2 columns of corresponding data, e.g.:
=
=name1    num1
=name2     num2
=name3    num3
= :    :
=namen    numn
=
=Question:  What's the best way to switch the 2 cols in vi?
=I.e. to
=
=num1    name1
=num2     name2
=etc
=
=Further to this problem, how does one switch cols given an arbitrary
=number of columns to start with?  E.g. if I have 5 cols and I want
=to switch cols 2 and 4, how do I do it?  I've thought about piping
=the data through some one-line perl command from within vi, but
=don't quite know how to begin.  I.e. something like '!G perl -e
=...'.
=
=Thanks in advance for any responses.
=
=Kek
=
First answer,

!}awk '{print $2 " " $1}'


Second answer,

!}awk '{print $1" "$4" "$3" "$2}'