Re: TABS to Pipes (was Re: script)

[Thomas Ribbrock \(Design/DEG\)]

On Wed, Dec 01, 1999 at 10:25:43PM -0600, Rick L. Mantooth wrote:
> Ok,
> Lets add a "tr" for old times sake:
> 
> tr '\t' '|' < FILE > NEWFILE

I can't believe nobody brought up sed yet:

sed -e"s/        /|/g" FILE > NEWFILE
        ^^^^^^^^^
        This is a tab. Can be entered on the command line by first
        pressing Ctrl-v, then Tab.

Cheerio,

Thomas
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