columns

[MYERS]

} > eg. take the file with '|' as the field seperator:
} 
} I haven't personally tried this on Linux, but it has worked on many
} other "UNIX-like" systems with which I am familiar:
} 
} 	cat oldfile | tr '|' '\012' > newfile

Save yourself one process:

	tr '|; '\012' < oldfile > newfile


} 
} -JimG



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