> Because I'm trying to learn sh. If I could do it without awk > altogether, that would be ideal.
arrrrgh. I guess no total awk solution then. I think the key here is to use the cr to grab whole lines at a time, then use a pattern to substitute either that lines numerical or alpha info into the string you're echoing. #pseudocode echo column 1 is match/$line/numbers/ column 2 is match/$line/letters of course, there's more than one way to skin this cat. My big concearn is using space to deliniate things. tack
