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# 8  
Old 04-19-2010
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Originally Posted by raghavendra.cse
Both are not working !
You changed your input file on a fly and both the solutions were suggested for your previous input file

if your input if tab delimited , then

Code:
tr "\t" "," < input_file

# 9  
Old 04-19-2010
dnt know why it is not working

tried with /usr/bin/sed still the same ..

---------- Post updated at 08:06 AM ---------- Previous update was at 08:00 AM ----------

Thanks all tr "\t" "," < inputfile > r6.txt is working !
# 10  
Old 04-19-2010
try this

Code:
sed 's/[ ,\t]/,/g' input_file
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