[ale] swap 2 fields (in a tabbed file)?

[Geoffrey]

Use awk:

awk -F '\t' '{printf "%s\t%s\n", $2, $1}'

Christopher Bergeron wrote:
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> Does anyone know how I can swap 2 fields in a tab delimited file
> containing 2 fields?
> 
> Here's an example of my data:
> ~ <TAB>WOODSTOCK OUTLET<CR>
> AF100<TAB>METRO AUDIO DYNAMI<CR>
> 
> What I'd like to do is swap the 2 fields (or do a `sort` based on the
> second field!) such that I end up with this:
> WOODSTOCK OUTLET<TAB> <CR>
> METRO AUDIO DYNAMICS<TAB>AF100<CR>
> 
> Does anyone know of a way I can accomplish this?  I tried using cut
> - -f2,1 -d"\t" but no adeu...
> 
> As always, much thanks in advance!
> - -CB
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