change tab by &

[Yarka]

Hi,
I've a large file as:
1 2 3 44 8
8 2 6 55 9
2 3 6 85 6
...

I want to change it by:
1&2&3&44&8
8&2&6&55&9
2&3&6&85&6

How can I do it?
Thanks.

 

[feherke]

Hi

tr '\t' '&' < /input/file

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sed 's/\t/\&/g' /input/file

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awk '{gsub(/\t/,"\\&")}1' /input/file

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perl -pe 's/\t/\&/g' /input/file

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ruby -pe 'gsub /\t/,"&"' /input/file

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while read l; do echo "${l//$'\t'/&}"; done < /input/file

Tested with GNU [tt]sed, [tt]gawk[/tt], [tt]mawk[/tt] and [tt]bash[/tt].

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/