C:\test>copy con junk.txt foo r1.1 abc foo r10.1 pqr qux r2.1 lmn bar r33.1 xpq ^Z 1 file(s) copied. C:\test>perl -anle"print join chr(9), @F[ 1,0,2 ]" junk.txt r1.1 foo abc r10.1 foo pqr r2.1 qux lmn r33.1 bar xpq