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# 1  
Old 10-06-2007
Bug how to make ABC into "ABC" ina file
suppose u have a file
ABC CDF ADF FDG HAA AHH AHA

so output shud be like
"ABC" "CDF" "ADF" FDG " "HAA" "AHH" "AHA"
# 2  
Old 10-06-2007
Code:
while read N
do
   for d in N
   do
       echo \"$d\"
   done
done <file

# 3  
Old 10-06-2007
Code:
sed 's/[^ ]*/"&"/g' filename

# 4  
Old 10-06-2007
Code:
echo "ABC CDF ADF FDG HAA AHH AHA" | awk '{ for ( i=1; i<=NF; i++ ) { printf "\"%s\" ", $i } }END{ printf "\n" }'

# 5  
Old 10-06-2007
as simple as this...using sed..

sed 's/[a-zA-Z]*/"&"/g' filename


cheers,
Devaraj Takhellambam
# 6  
Old 10-07-2007
sed
Hi, try this one.

Code:
echo ABC CDF ADF FDG HAA AHH AHA | sed 's/\([a-zA-Z]\{3\}\)/\"&\"/g'

# 7  
Old 10-09-2007
same thing i wanted to try using file
but it is not working
inputfile.txt
content is "ABC CDF ADF FDG HAA AHH AHA"
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