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Old 12-28-2005
Help with unix separator

can some one give me a list of unix separtor(s) if one than just the separator please thank you.
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Old 12-28-2005
Sorry, I have no idea what you are talking about.

Can't you Google an answer?
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Old 01-02-2006
unix seperator

there is somethign called as the UFI, the unique field identifier....

it is bydefault the <space> character....

change it to any single character in ur profile and you can change the seperator
 
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