I occasionally come across examples using a comma instead of colon to separate user and group, as in "chown user.group file". But this doesn't seem to work on all platforms. Is there any other ...

I have a table that stores a comma separated list of key value pairs for permissions. E.g 45:902,45:61,51:203,51:208 etc. I'm trying to parse a single record row so that I get a record set of multiple ...

The most frequent use of the semi-colon is between two complete sentences. It can be substituted for a comma plus a conjunction. Ex: Tom ate breakfast with his family, and then he left for his trip.