On 11/12/03 09:25 +0530, Parul.Mathur wrote: > Hi, > > If the names and addresses in your text file are separated by one or more tabs, you > can try this on the *nix command line: > > cat <text-file-name> | expand | tr -s " " | cut -d ' ' -f1 > <another-text-file-name> tr -s works fine for any whitespace other than IFS.
Try this input: Devdas Bhagat [EMAIL PROTECTED] Philip S Tellis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Parul Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dr. Shahrukh K. R. Pavri [EMAIL PROTECTED] Devdas Bhagat -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
