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Old 11-17-2012
Then I suspect your input file is in DOS format instead of UNIX format:
Try this to first convert the file:
Code:
tr -d '\r' < infile > outfile

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Old 11-17-2012
AAAHHH yea Smilie thank you very much Smilie now it finally works.
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