Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 17:18:28 -0600 From: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> To: antenneX <antennex@swbell.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help on a little script Message-ID: <2147483647.1106500708@[192.168.2.101]> In-Reply-To: <03d601c50168$ea660bf0$0200000a@SAGEAME> References: <03d601c50168$ea660bf0$0200000a@SAGEAME>
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--On Sunday, January 23, 2005 10:30 AM -0600 antenneX <antennex@swbell.net> wrote: > Am running FBSD-4.10p2 > > I have a serious need for some help on a CGI script I just installed. > I've tried to reach the author but no dice there. > > It's used to automate "unsubscribes" on a mail list. > > It works well except for this: > It changes my mail list from this format: > name1 > name2 > name3 > > ...to this: > name1name2name3 <---one big long line with no separators. > > With over 6000 names it makes a huge long line instead with no space > between > the names either. It make a mess! > > I know how to convert > name1 > name2 > name3 > > ...to > name1 name2 name3..... > > like this: ># cat mybadlist | xargs > mygoodlist > > ...but, need the reverse. > > So how can I convert > name1name2name3 > ...back to the original format? > name1 > name2 > name3 > It would probably be a lot easier to fix the cgi script so it creates the list with separators. Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Adjunct Information Security Officer The University of Texas at Dallas AVIEN Founding Member http://www.utdallas.edu
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