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# 1  
Old 12-02-2009
Replace tab or any spaces with "
my content:
samaccountname employeeid useraccountcontrol description

i want it to look like this:

"samaccountname","employeeid","useraccountcontrol","description"
# 2  
Old 12-02-2009
try awk..
Code:
awk '{for(i=1;i<NF;i++){printf "\"%s\",",$i}}{printf "\"%s\"\n",$NF}' filename

# 3  
Old 12-03-2009
Code:
$ sed -e 's/\([^ ]*\)/"\1",/g' -e 's/,$//'
samaccountname employeeid useraccountcontrol description
"samaccountname", "employeeid", "useraccountcontrol", "description"

 
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