Bruce,
If you're on a linux system with perl:
perl -pi -e 's/\t/,/g' filenameis a perl one-liner that should replace all of the tabs with commas in the file, working on the file in place. I've used similar commands on text files up to 379 GB in size, although it does take a while for files that size. It does alter the file in place, which can be dangerous. It's best to test on a sample of the file : head filename> testfile ( take the first 10 lines of the file and write it to a separate file) perl -pi -e 's/\t/,/' testfile If the testfile works fine, use it on the main file. Doug Doug Newcomb USFWS Raleigh, NC 919-856-4520 ext. 14 [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The opinions I express are my own and are not representative of the official policy of the U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service or Dept. of the Interior. Life is too short for undocumented, proprietary data formats. "Clay, Bruce" <[email protected]> Sent by: To gdal-dev-bounces@ <[email protected]> lists.osgeo.org cc Subject 11/18/2009 11:09 [gdal-dev] tab delimited to AM shapefile Is there any way to use ogr2ogr to convert tab-delimited data such as the geoname dot org files into shapefiles short of converting all tabs to commas? I created a VRT file that works with CSV files but I can not find any way to convert tab-delimited data. Bruce This message and any enclosures are intended only for the addressee. Please notify the sender by email if you are not the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not use, copy, disclose, or distribute this message or its contents or enclosures to any other person and any such actions may be unlawful. Ball reserves the right to monitor and review all messages and enclosures sent to or from this email address. _______________________________________________ gdal-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/gdal-dev
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