On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 11:30, antenneX wrote: > Am running FBSD-4.10p2 > > I have a serious need for some help on a CGI script I just installed. > I've tried to reach the author but no dice there. > > It's used to automate "unsubscribes" on a mail list. > > It works well except for this: > It changes my mail list from this format: > name1 > name2 > name3 > > ...to this: > name1name2name3 <---one big long line with no separators. > > With over 6000 names it makes a huge long line instead with no space > between > the names either. It make a mess! > > I know how to convert > name1 > name2 > name3 > > ...to > name1 name2 name3..... > > like this: > #cat mybadlist | xargs > mygoodlist > > ...but, need the reverse. > > So how can I convert > name1name2name3 > ...back to the original format? > name1 > name2 > name3 > > > Would really appreciate your help as it is really messing up my mail > lists.... > > Thanks in advance! > > Best regards, > > Jack L. Stone > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
It may be impossible, if the names have really been run together with no separator at all. '[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]' cannot reliably be parsed into distinct names. Are you quite sure there is no separator - look at the file with od (octal dump). _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"