A question for the AWK wizards

[Parv]

in message <20060725145102.GB1157 at holestein.holy.cow>,
wrote Parv thusly...
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> You need to use substr() not awk to shorten a line.
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Dang it!  I meant to use the substr() function in awk.



  - Parv

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