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i have a file where data is sepearated by aperiod.

Asked by Peter Goggin

I have a file where data is separated by full stops (periods) I want to substute a nel line for each period. How can I do this ?

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Tony Pursell (ajpursell) said : 		#1

Hi Peter

Do Ctrl-F to get Find & Replace.

In "Search for" put

\.

In "Replace with" put

\n

Click on "More Options" and check "Regular Expressions".

Click "Replace All".

Tip: If you don't get what you want, Close the Find and Replace box and do Ctrl-Z to undo the changes.

Tony

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