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Old 07-29-2011
Yazu ... this is awesome ... worked perfectly !!!

Thanks a lot for help.

One thing ... If possible can you explain in brief how this works ?
# 9  
Old 07-29-2011
Well... English in not my native language.Smilie And I really can't explain as sed works better than, for example, here: Sed - An Introduction and Tutorial
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