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Swapping three columns in a file in VI editor..

CKS

2006-12-19, 1:30 am

Hi ALL,
How to swap three columns in a file without using
substitute command in vi editor?

Let us say file with the following contents,

//BOF

A1 B1 C1

A2 B2 C2

//EOF.

Then after swapping the file content should be,

//BOF

C1 A1 B1

C2 A2 B2

//EOF

Thanks in advance,