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        You want awk :
$ awk '{printf("%s \\\n",$1);}' addresses_file_name
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I have a list of e-mail addresses and their associated usernames, and
I want to send a file to every one of them.  In order to do this, I
need to be able to use the foreach command.  To use foreach, I need to
convert the current list (see below) into a list which includes one
address per line followed by a space and a \ symbol.

So, I want to convert this type of list

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and make it look like this:

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I would REALLY appreciate some help.  I do not know sed or awk, but I
am sure that this cannot be a very hard thing to do.

Thanks

Gedaliah

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sed 's/[        ].*/ \\/' oldfile > newfile

The brackets enclose a space and a tab.

awk ' {print $1"\\"} ' oldfile > newfile

This allow you a little more flexibility later.
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