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thanks blastit but unfortunately my requiremenst dont allow me to do a xml and thhe conversion..I ahve figured out how to prevent the dropping of leading zeroes but I need a SED code that would work when data contains double quotes and commas within them to convert the pipe delim to csv.

It would be great if we can come up with any sed/awk solution.
 
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cut

CUT(1)							    BSD General Commands Manual 						    CUT(1)

NAME

     cut -- cut out selected portions of each line of a file

SYNOPSIS

     cut -b list [-n] [file ...]
     cut -c list [file ...]
     cut -f list [-w | -d delim] [-s] [file ...]

DESCRIPTION

     The cut utility cuts out selected portions of each line (as specified by list) from each file and writes them to the standard output.  If no
     file arguments are specified, or a file argument is a single dash ('-'), cut reads from the standard input.  The items specified by list can
     be in terms of column position or in terms of fields delimited by a special character.  Column and field numbering start from 1.

     The list option argument is a comma or whitespace separated set of increasing numbers and/or number ranges.  Number ranges consist of a num-
     ber, a dash ('-'), and a second number and select the columns or fields from the first number to the second, inclusive.  Numbers or number
     ranges may be preceded by a dash, which selects all columns or fields from 1 to the last number.  Numbers or number ranges may be followed by
     a dash, which selects all columns or fields from the last number to the end of the line.  Numbers and number ranges may be repeated, overlap-
     ping, and in any order.  It is not an error to select columns or fields not present in the input line.

     The options are as follows:

     -b list
	     The list specifies byte positions.

     -c list
	     The list specifies character positions.

     -d delim
	     Use delim as the field delimiter character instead of the tab character.

     -f list
	     The list specifies fields, separated in the input by the field delimiter character (see the -d option).  Output fields are separated
	     by a single occurrence of the field delimiter character.

     -n      Do not split multi-byte characters.  Characters will only be output if at least one byte is selected, and, after a prefix of zero or
	     more unselected bytes, the rest of the bytes that form the character are selected.

     -s      Suppress lines with no field delimiter characters.  Unless specified, lines with no delimiters are passed through unmodified.

     -w      Use whitespace (spaces and tabs) as the delimiter.  Consecutive spaces and tabs count as one single field separator.

ENVIRONMENT

     The LANG, LC_ALL and LC_CTYPE environment variables affect the execution of cut as described in environ(7).

EXIT STATUS

     The cut utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

EXAMPLES

     Extract users' login names and shells from the system passwd(5) file as ``name:shell'' pairs:

	   cut -d : -f 1,7 /etc/passwd

     Show the names and login times of the currently logged in users:

	   who | cut -c 1-16,26-38

SEE ALSO

     colrm(1), paste(1)

STANDARDS

     The cut utility conforms to IEEE Std 1003.2-1992 (``POSIX.2'').

HISTORY

     A cut command appeared in AT&T System III UNIX.

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