I'm using the -f for the first time. I'd like to use it for multiple replaces to clean a file up. This is the command line sed -f clean.sed test > test.1 this is the sample clean.sed file { s/","/" "/g; s/"."/" "/g; } The resulting test.1 file has no changes. What are the requirements for the sed file. Thanks

works for me - thanks for the sed lesson whats in the file?

The slashes delimit the string you want to find, so you don't want those double-quotes. The search string /"."/ is searching for a double-quote followed by any single character followed by another double-quote. The dot is a standard regexp wild character, so you need to precede it with a backslash for it to represent an actual dot. What you want is: { s/,/ /g s/\./ /g }

Many thanks, it worked. I also noted that you removed the ; at the end of each line. Natalie

Yes, your line breaks delimit each command. But if you want to combine multiple commands on one line, you can separate with the semicolons: s/,/ /g ; s/\./ /g