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# 8  
Old 05-14-2008
something like this
Code:
sed 's/<\/name>/<\/name>\n/' a1

# 9  
Old 05-14-2008
hi,
sorry about that .. will make sure that wont happen again.

thanks for your reply, but i am looking for perl code, can you be able to help me with that.
Thanks again!
# 10  
Old 05-14-2008
And are you at all familiar with Perl?
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