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Switch columns 3 & 4 using perl or shell scripts

If I have a file that looks like this. The date may also be 01/01/11 format and column 3 & 4 may contain whole numbers as well like 2, 3, 4 rounded to the whole number. How would I switch column 3 & 4 while leaving everything else alone?

01-24-2011 14:15:01 0.00 0.00
01-25-2011 02:15:02 0.00 0.00
01-25-2011 14:15:02 0.00 0.00
01-26-2011 02:15:02 0.00 0.00
01-26-2011 14:15:01 0.00 0.00
01-27-2011 02:15:01 0.00 0.00
01-27-2011 14:15:01 0.00 0.00
01-28-2011 02:15:01 0.00 0.00
01-28-2011 14:15:01 0.00 0.00
01-29-2011 02:15:01 0.00 0.00
01-29-2011 14:15:01 0.00 0.00
01-30-2011 02:15:01 0.01 0.00
01-30-2011 14:15:01 0.01 0.01
01-31-2011 02:15:01 0.00 0.00
01-31-2011 14:15:01 0.00 0.00
02-01-2011 02:15:01 0.00 0.00
02-01-2011 14:15:01 0.00 0.00
02-02-2011 02:15:01 0.00 0.00
02-02-2011 14:15:01 0.00 0.00
02-03-2011 02:15:01 0.00 0.00
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sshah254Commented:
In perl, read the line, use the split function (split at spaces) to split the line into array.  Print the line back
with elements 2 & 3 reversed (elements will be 0, 1, 2, and 3 ... 4 elements).

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ozoCommented:
perl -lane 'print "@F[0,1,3,2]"'
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libertyforall2Author Commented:
works great!
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