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$ perl -MO=Deparse,-p -e 'substr ( $_,2,8 ) = " " && substr ( $
+_,15,5 ) = " " if /^AB/'
(/^AB/ and substr($_, 2, 8) = (substr($_, 15, 5) = ' '));
...
AB 12345 WORLD
$ echo "AB2014052012345HELLOWORLD" | perl -pe 'substr ( $_,2,8 ) = "
+ " and substr ( $_,15,5 ) = " " if /^AB/'
AB 12345 WORLD