Hello, simple task. I want to change the 2nd field on each line of a file, but preserve the spacing of the lines.
If I do
awk '{$2="hell"; print}' file
the field gets changed, but all the spacing of the lines is gone; i.e.
any space is now just ' ' like this:
1 3 4 8
changes to
1 hell 4 8
while I need
1 hell 4 8.
Any help?
Thanks
Ruda
