On 04.02.2008 (11:39), Frank Bures wrote: > Hi, > > I need to edit a comma delimited database file so that it becomes tab > delimited. In OS/2 I just globally searched for ',' and then replaced it > with ASCII [09] character by entering <Alt-0-9>. > I cannot do that in KWrite as KWrite does not interpret <Alt> at all > and just enters "09" in the 'Replace with' field. > When I try to enter <Tab>, it just takes me to another field. > > How do you replace anything with unprintable characters in KWrite? > (short of using vi of course :-)) Get over it and use vim :) open the file, type :%s/,/\t/g to replace all commas with tabs Eyolf -- After they got rid of capital punishment, they had to hang twice as many people as before. ___________________________________________________ This message is from the kde mailing list. Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.