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replace comma with tab in vi?
Name: stant Date: February 12, 2004 at 15:04:39 Pacific OS: Sun Solaris 5.8 CPU/Ram: 16GB
Comment:
Hello,
I have a comma-delimited file open in vi. How do I replace , with tab?
This :g/,/s//' '/g seems to work, but I'm not 100% sure.
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