awkfix.sc

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# Preserving empty fields. Field width is fixed.
{
f[1]=substr($0,1,3)
f[2]=substr($0,5,3)
f[3]=substr($0,9,3)
line=sprintf("%-4s%-4s%-4s\n", f[1],f[2], f[3])
print line
}