thanks for your reply

i am using vi to do this.. i tried sed and it does not give me the output i want.. Amy Reds , 100 , /bin/sh --> would give me an output without any spaces in between

i want to get the output as --> Amy Reds,100,/bin/sh
there is a space between the first name and the last name

i looked at some web pages and AWK seems to be the answer, however i dont know how to use it.

thanks.