James, et al --

...and then James Edward Gray II said...
% 
% On Dec 2, 2003, at 10:44 AM, David T-G wrote:
% 
% >  insert into table (f1,f2,f3) values (v1a,v2a,v3a),(v1b,v2b,v3b),...
...
% >break these lines at the commas like
% >
% >  insert into table (f1,f2,f3) values (v1a,v2a,v3a),
% >  (v1b,v2b,v3b),
% >  ...
...
% >but I just can't get it :-)
% 
% Try:
% 
% perl -pe 's/\),\s*/),\n/' old_file.txt > file.mod

Perfect!  I had forgotten about -p and so was busy spending all of my
time with the spaceship operator and $_.


% 
% It's pretty naive, but I may get lucky.  ;)

Not at all; I should have been able to figure it out myself :-)


% 
% James


Thanks again & HAND

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