Need a command or script

[Dazed_75]

der.hans,

Finally got to look at your sed command this morning and even
understood it after a minute or two.  It worked great!  I did refer to
the man page to understand the options and that verified I could use
the input file as an argument as I had thought.  Thanks for the help!

Eric,

Your solution looks less cryptic but more complex.  I will look it
over later today when I get home from service calls.  I don't need it
now, but it will be a useful refresher for me.  Thank you as well.

-- 
Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he is the only
animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and
what they ought to be.
  - William Hazlitt