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Old 11-14-2008
Error replace comma(,) with Tab
hi all,

i have a file with commas(,). i want to replace all the commas with tab(\t).

Plz help...its urgent...
# 2  
Old 11-14-2008
awk 'BEGIN { FS=","; OFS=" " }
{print $0}' input
# 3  
Old 11-14-2008
Code:
sed 's/,/\t/g' filename

see if that helps.
# 4  
Old 11-14-2008
Try tr command

Code:
echo $var | tr ',' '\t'

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