07-10-2008
Exactly. Create a "filter". Make all delimiters consistent (1 delimiter) then use that output to do your cuts, etc.
InputWithManyDelimiters | filterScript | cut -fn -d "~" where "~" is what ever delimiter you choose as the cannoical one.... "~" (tilde) is a good one at least for English because the character is not commonly used in data...
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