#!/usr/bin/awk -f { if (substr($0,1,7)=="rem s3a") printf("%s rem s3a\n", substr($0,8,length($0)-8)) else if (substr($0,length($0)-7,7)=="rem s3z") printf("rem s3z %s\n", substr($0,1,length($0)-8)) else printf("%s\n",$0) }