Sie schrieben: > Hi, > > I have a comma delimited ex-database file and I want to replace the commas > with tabs. I tried using: > > sed s/,/\tab/ filename but no go. It was a guess anyway. I tried replacing > the tab with a * and it worked, but only for first line of items, mleaving > the rest of the fields with commas. > > Any suggestions? > You could use tr for this job: tr ',' '\t' < file > newfile MH -- (Dr.) Michael Hummel mailto: mh@seitung.net molino@gmx.net -- fprint = F24D EAC6 E3D7 372C 9122 D510 EB24 01CA 0B56 B518 key: http://www.seitung.net/key
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