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Steve Bliss wrote in message <37ea300b.59491442@l...et.com>... (...) People may end up with multiple commas if there happens to be a gap of six or more spaces, then. Of course after replacing ' ' with ',', they could replace ',,' with ','. It might (...) (25 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.db.inv)
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(...) Yes -- the way to do that type of transformation in a single operation is to replace the grep expression / +/ with /,/. Of course, if you don't have grep replace in your text editor, get a real text editor (-: Just kidding! Every major OS can (...) (25 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.db.inv)
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(...) But not every major user wants to run Perl. Steve (25 years ago, 24-Sep-99, to lugnet.db.inv)
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <37ebce49.24708031@l...et.com>... (...) will do (...) I could easily write an inventory file formatting program to perform this task. It would give the user full control over how he/she wanted a file to be formatted, and (...) (25 years ago, 24-Sep-99, to lugnet.db.inv)
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(...) But any major dude with half a heart surely will tell you, my friend... - ABSie Dan (well. it seemed funny at the time, but I still have coaster hair so what do I know. Could be all the mosquitoes I inhaled while screaming.) -- Larry Pieniazek (...) (25 years ago, 25-Sep-99, to lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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In article <37EC3B39.70B577CA@v...ager.net>, Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> writes (...) Just *how* do you do that? A third lung? Breathing through your ears? (25 years ago, 25-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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OK, technically, it wasn't WHILE I was screaming in a strict time sense. It was while gulping air for the NEXT scream. It IS possible to make sounds while inhaling, but not screams. (...) (25 years ago, 25-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Huh? (...) Gotta watch out for those Minnesota songbirds. Steve (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Are you speaking for yourself? If so, explain why you'd rather use some other programming language system in place of Perl. Remember, we're trying to design a standard that will work for lots of people who aren't here to represent themselves. (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.db.inv)
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(...) I wasn't speaking for myself--I could learn Perl, if I wanted. I haven't needed to yet, and haven't felt like making the time--other activities have higher priorities. I was thinking of people who aren't programmers, don't know how to program, (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.db.inv)
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(...) So will: sed "s/ +/,/g" <spaces.txt >comma.txt Which will run on any machine (even an 8088 laptop) that has a DOS- or *nix-style command line. And sed is small enough that most people who might balk at Perl wouldn't mind installing it, even as (...) (25 years ago, 22-May-00, to lugnet.db.inv)
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