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Old 01-30-2012
Making a Tab delimiter file to Comma
How can i make a tab delimiter file to a comma delimiter???
# 2  
Old 01-30-2012
Code:
awk -F, -v OFS="\t" '{ $1=$1 } 1' filename > outfile

# 3  
Old 01-30-2012
got these errors

awk: syntax error near line 1
awk: bailing out near line 1
# 4  
Old 01-30-2012
Nothing in that ought to cause that error. Type it more carefully, word for word, letter for letter, keystroke for keystroke.

Use nawk on solaris of course, but even solaris awk would've caused a different error, I think.
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Old 01-30-2012
Code:
perl -plne 's/\t/,/g' input_file > output_file

# 6  
Old 01-31-2012
Issue persists..Getting the same error...Can you please test it from your end as well?
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Old 01-31-2012
I did before I posted it.

Can you show me exactly what you're typing, word for word, letter for letter, keystroke for keystroke?
 
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