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 ) '