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Old 09-12-2008
I think I've got this one figured out thanks to your valuable input. Much thanks!

What I did, based on your input :

I read each record into $LINE and then do the following :

echo "$LINE" | tr ',' '\n' > FILE.TXT

Then all I do is read the FILE.TXT file for each of the individual elements/field data.

Thanks again for pointing me in the right direction.
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