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From: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu>
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Subject: Re: Help on a little script
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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
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http://www.utdallas.edu