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Old 03-08-2007
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Code:
echo "name is Earl:My name is Dorothy:My name is Bernard:" | tr ':' '\n'
or
Code:
echo "name is Earl:My name is Dorothy:My name is Bernard:" | sed "s/:/\\
/g"
or
Code:
echo "name is Earl:My name is Dorothy:My name is Bernard:" | awk ' gsub( ":" , "\n" ,$0 ) '
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