awk: changing 2 digits from 1 number

From: Willig Reimund <Willig.Reimund_at_gdr.de>
Date: Wed, 01 Jul 1998 16:43:01 +0200

Hallo awks,
take the following table as an example, where a number always appears at
position 5:


moon earth 1000456 man wife
moon earth 1000333 man wife
moon earth 1000226 man wife
moon earth 1000789 man wife


how could i change the first 2 digits - and only them - automaticaly
into any other value, lets say 38. AWK? SED????




mit freundlichen Grüßen
     Reimund Willig
willig.reimund_at_gdr.de
Received on Wed Jul 01 1998 - 16:44:40 NZST