> How about echo abc | tr 'b' '\n' ? tr substitutes characters only, while sed can work on arbitrary strings and patterns. My guess is that the example was a simplified expression of a more general requirement, in which case sed is appropriate and therefore,
echo aaabbbccc | sed -e 's,bbb,\ ,' will yield aaa ccc as expected, while tr would give aaa ccc which is almost certainly not wanted. (Reminder: you need \\ if typing directly on the command line, or a single \ if entered in a script.) Paul A. Scott mailto:pscott@;skycoast.us http://skycoast.us/pscott/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
