From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 23 18:10:09 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11D8116A4CE for ; Sun, 23 Jan 2005 18:10:09 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ylpvm01.prodigy.net (ylpvm01-ext.prodigy.net [207.115.57.32]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92C1243D2D for ; Sun, 23 Jan 2005 18:10:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from antennex@swbell.net) Received: from SAGEAME (adsl-65-68-247-73.dsl.crchtx.swbell.net [65.68.247.73])j0NIA6vE032665; Sun, 23 Jan 2005 13:10:06 -0500 Message-ID: <040601c50176$c4b25f40$0200000a@SAGEAME> From: "antenneX" To: "Mike Jeays" References: <03d601c50168$ea660bf0$0200000a@SAGEAME> <1106502564.2508.259.camel@chaucer> Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 12:10:05 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help on a little script X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: antenneX List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 18:10:09 -0000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Jeays" To: "antenneX" Cc: Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 11:49 AM Subject: Re: Help on a little script > On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 11:30, antenneX 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 > > > > > > Would really appreciate your help as it is really messing up my mail > > lists.... > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > > Best regards, > > > > Jack L. Stone > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > It may be impossible, if the names have really been run together with no > separator at all. 'john.doe@xyz.competer@xyz.netmike@xyz.org' cannot > reliably be parsed into distinct names. Are you quite sure there is no > separator - look at the file with od (octal dump). > I was afraid of that. Fortunately I have routine backups every few hours. I have discovered that I have not been able to reproduce the corruption or script failure. In copying back the good formtted list (but with some unsubscribes back in) and running the web page unsubscribe, it is fine for now -- but, mystified as to why it happened. Only been using the script for 3 days but has had numerous adds and deletes before this. Some sort of bug in the script. I thought it might have been a very log email on the list, but removing and putting back made no difference. Only this one list has been affected and is one of the largest. Thanks for your reply.....