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Subject: Re: A question for the AWK wizards
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in message <20060725145102.GB1157@holestein.holy.cow>,
wrote Parv thusly...
>
> You need to use substr() not awk to shorten a line.
`                 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
`                 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Dang it!  I meant to use the substr() function in awk.



  - Parv

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