csv - How to convert a tab-separated file into a comma-separated file?

Question

I want to convert a tab-separated file into a CSV file. Can anyone help me?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3509332/how-to-convert-a-tab-separated-file-into-a-comma-separated-file

Answer 1

The answer for OSX is different.

MacOS does not understand in the sed expression.

You have to insert the tab literal into the sed search pattern by using ctrl+v then tab (see How can I insert a tab character with sed on OS X?)

sed 's/ /,/g' input_file > output_file