replace comma(,) with Tab

vikas_kesarwani · #1 (**permalink**) 11-14-2008

hi all,

i have a file with commas(,). i want to replace all the commas with tab(\t).

Plz help...its urgent...

divzz · #2 (**permalink**) 11-14-2008

awk 'BEGIN { FS=","; OFS=" " }
{print $0}' input

labrazil · #3 (**permalink**) 11-14-2008

Code:

sed 's/,/\t/g' filename

see if that helps.

dennis.jacob · #4 (**permalink**) 11-14-2008

Try tr command

Code:

echo $var | tr ',' '\t'

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