Here's the solution..
awk -F"~" '{printf("%-15s%s~%s\n", $1,$2,$3)}' inputfile
ID1 Name1~Place1
ID2 Name2~Place2
ID3 Name3~Place3

Thanks guys for your help..

i am using vi editor,....and want to send the file genrated as a mail...and want it to be in proper format

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How can i set coloumn width in unix...

Like for ex. i am having a file, whose content is like

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aba bba baba
abba baba ...

output:

$ tr "/v23.9" "/ABCDE" < test.txt
ABC
-p /home/user/a/b/ABCDE/library -l /home/user/a/b/ABC/ABCDE testDexe
DEF
-r ABCDE /c/d/f -p /home/user/a/b/ABCDE/library -l...

yup man i did tried this...but not working..

Hi all,

The scenario is like this: i have one file which contains some particular paths, now my aim is to make changes in this file so that i can change the path in that file.. eg:

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My query is related to assinging a variable with value which is there in the env.

Suppose from my c++ code i am doing putenv("A=abc"), now wat i want to do is to get this value of A in...