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Old 04-16-2001
hello,

i'm looking to split up text into a list of words but can't figure it out, any help would be great.

thanks
steven
# 2  
Old 04-16-2001
tr " " "\n" < filename #split space into newline

or

awk '{RS=","; print $0}' filename #split to new line wherever comma encountered

or

for f in (`cat filename`);do
echo $f
done

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Old 04-17-2001
Hammer & Screwdriver thanks
cheers for your help
 
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