switching and moving characters around

Hi all;

I'm a total awk noob but i think awk is the right tool for what i need
to do.

I have lines of semi jumbled data ( there is a definite pattern to it,
so this is why i figured awk might be good) that we need to move
around a bit...

ie:
der@@f needs to read fred
reta@@w needs to read water

etc.

I have zero clue how to start off with this.

any help would be appreciated, or if awk is the wrong tool maybe can
someone suggest the correct tool

Cheers,

Gary

Gary Hartl wrote:
> Hi all;
>

[ . . .]

>
> I have lines of semi jumbled data [ . . . ] that we need to move
> around a bit...
>
> ie:
> der@@f needs to read fred
> reta@@w needs to read water
>
> etc.
>

[ . . . ]

{
for (i = split($0, A, ""); i > 0; i--)
if (A[i] != "@") printf A[i]
print ""
}

--
Regards,

---Robert

Gary Hartl <the-smtpguy@cogeco.ca> wrote:
> Hi all;
>
> I'm a total awk noob but i think awk is the right tool for what i need
> to do.
>
> I have lines of semi jumbled data ( there is a definite pattern to it,
> so this is why i figured awk might be good) that we need to move
> around a bit...
>
> ie:
> der@@f needs to read fred
> reta@@w needs to read water
>
> etc.
>
> I have zero clue how to start off with this.
>
> any help would be appreciated, or if awk is the wrong tool maybe can
> someone suggest the correct tool

man tr
man rev

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