[ale] SED substution question

[Fletch]

>>>>> "John" == John C <jcouncilman at knology.net> writes:

[...]

    John> Why won't this work, and what will?

    John> cat filename | sed 's/,/\n/g'


        You're missing a -e and you don't need the cat.

sed -e 's/,/\
/g' foo

        You need a literal newline there (either by hitting return or
by using C-v C-j. 

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