in reply to csv to flat-file

The quick and dirty way to do what you imply in your question: 
perl -nep 's/,/ /;' untested.csv

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However, if you need to do anything more intricate with CSV files, have a look at Text::CSV for all your csv manipulation needs.

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Re: Re: csv to flat-file
by Bilbo (Pilgrim) on Nov 28, 2002 at 09:10 UTC

    You need the 'g' on the end of the regexp, ie s/,/ /g;otherwise only the first comma is replaced (g for global). Also I think this should have read: 

      perl -pe 's/,/ /;' untested.csv

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