bash swap two columns in a file

Charles-Alexandre Roy answered on October 1, 2020 Popularity 5/10 Helpfulness 9/10

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bash swap two columns in a file

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# Example usage:
awk '{t=$1; $1=$2; $2=t; print;}' input_file # Swap column 1 and column 2
# Where:
#	- this assigns column 1 to a dummy variable t, makes column 1 equal
# 		to column 2, and then assigns the contents of t to column 2

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