replacing commas with tilde in csv file.

femig · #1 (**permalink**) 11-13-2006

hello all,
i have a comma delimited file.
i want to replace the commas in the file with the tilde symbol using sed.
how can i do this?
thanks.

aigles · #2 (**permalink**) 11-13-2006

Code:

sed 's/,/~/g' input_file > temp_file && mv temp_file input_file

#3 (**permalink**) 11-13-2006

sed -e 's/,/~/g' filename

#4 (**permalink**) 11-13-2006

sed 's/,/~/g' filename > newfile

vgersh99 · #5 (**permalink**) 11-13-2006

.... unless you have embedded commas.

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