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From: rdavis@connie.UUCP (Ray Davis)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Awk Field Separators
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Date: 22 Aug 90 19:29:40 GMT
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Just run the input through

    tr \| \  <---- there is a space after that last backslash

and pipe that to your awk.

Ok then,

    tr '|' ' '

if you prefer readability.