https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/searching-and-replacing-string/m-p/5242667#M676609 Hi pals,<BR /><BR />I need search for the string 03 placed into 6th and 7th columns of the each line of a file. No all lines of the files have this condition. All lines of file must be displayed, changing just all the lines that fulfill the previous condition. Please use commands "sed" or "awk", omit perl.<BR /><BR />Rgds Mon, 07 Jun 2010 10:29:05 GMT Jose Mosquera 2010-06-07T10:29:05Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/searching-and-replacing-string/m-p/5242667#M676609 Hi pals,<BR /><BR />I need search for the string 03 placed into 6th and 7th columns of the each line of a file. No all lines of the files have this condition. All lines of file must be displayed, changing just all the lines that fulfill the previous condition. Please use commands "sed" or "awk", omit perl.<BR /><BR />Rgds Mon, 07 Jun 2010 10:29:05 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/searching-and-replacing-string/m-p/5242667#M676609 Jose Mosquera 2010-06-07T10:29:05Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/searching-and-replacing-string/m-p/5242668#M676610 Hi:<BR /><BR /># sed -e 's/\(^.\{5\}\)03/\1xx/' file<BR /><BR />...for example, substitutes "xx" for "03" if "03" is in positions 6-7, one relative.<BR /><BR />Regards!<BR /><BR />...JRF... Mon, 07 Jun 2010 11:17:36 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/searching-and-replacing-string/m-p/5242668#M676610 James R. Ferguson 2010-06-07T11:17:36Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/searching-and-replacing-string/m-p/5242669#M676611 James, you got it!<BR /><BR />Thank you very much. Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:40:16 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/searching-and-replacing-string/m-p/5242669#M676611 Jose Mosquera 2010-06-07T13:40:16Z