Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!netcom!beaulieu From: beaulieu@netcom.UUCP (Bob Beaulieu) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: transposing data {awk?} Keywords: : need to chg aabbcc to bb/cc/aa Message-ID: <4473@netcom.UUCP> Date: 22 Nov 89 22:20:35 GMT Organization: NetCom- The Bay Area's Public Access Unix System {408 997-9175 guest} Lines: 13 I am in the process of t transferring data from a CPM to unix environ and nee to swap a data field to a different format. Is it possible to use awk to change the 7th field of "YYMMDD" to show "MM/DD/YY" by using the awk command? Thanks for any help! Bob B. r -- Bob Beaulieu 277-b Tyrella Avenue Mountain View, CA 94043 (415) 967-4678