RE: How to add ' (comma) at the begining and end of each line? Ei

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> -----Original Message-----
>
> Hi List
>
> I have 1000 lines in my data file. I want to add
> '(comma) at the begining and end of each line.
>
> For example,
>
> abf
> jd
> djkhk
> jd3
>
> Shold be convrted to
>
> 'abf',
> 'jd',
> 'djkhk',
> 'jd3',
>
> Any help will be really appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> Sami
>

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