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From: lewis@tramp.Colorado.EDU (LEWIS WILLIAM M JR)
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Subject: Re: file manipulation (easy question I think - REWORDED)
Keywords: awk sed
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Date: 18 Jun 91 15:14:28 GMT
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In article <1991Jun18.014539.22085@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> jpd@tardis.cl.msu.edu (Joe P. DeCello) writes:
>
>To rephrase my previous question:
>
. . .
>The best response to my previous posting was this:
>
>awk '{printf "%s ", $1' < infile > outfile
>
>I changed this to :
>
>awk '{printf "%s, ", $1' < infile > outfile
>
 your solution simply needs another line.  Also, note addition of closing
 brace:
	awk '
		{printf "%s, ", $1}
		END {printf "\n"}
	' < infile > outfile