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# 1  
Old 04-25-2009
How to split a sentence
Hi,

Can anybody help me out, how can I split the sentence,

11111 12-12-2002 1000 23 22222 11-11-2011 2000 24 13131 09-02-2002

like the below format,

11111 12-12-2002 1000 23
22222 11-11-2011 2000 24
etc....

Plz help...

Thanks in advance...!!
# 2  
Old 04-25-2009
If it's always in the same format:
Code:
bash-3.2$ cat input.txt
11111 12-12-2002 1000 23 22222 11-11-2011 2000 24
bash-3.2$ perl -pe 's/(\d{5} \d{2}-\d{2}-\d{4} \d{4} \d{2}) /$1\n/g' input.txt
11111 12-12-2002 1000 23
22222 11-11-2011 2000 24

# 3  
Old 04-25-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kattoor
Hi,

Can anybody help me out, how can I split the sentence,

11111 12-12-2002 1000 23 22222 11-11-2011 2000 24 13131 09-02-2002

like the below format,

11111 12-12-2002 1000 23
22222 11-11-2011 2000 24
etc....

Plz help...

Thanks in advance...!!
try this-
sed 's/\([0-9]\{5\} [0-9]\{2\}-[0-9]\{2\}-[0-9]\{4\} [0-9]\{4\} [0-9]\{2\} \)/\1\n/g' filename

11111 12-12-2002 1000 23
22222 11-11-2011 2000 24
13131 09-02-2002

cheers,
Devaraj Takhellambam
# 4  
Old 04-25-2009
Thanks a lot friends....!!

I have one query on this..

If the sentence is like ,

111 12-12-2002 100 23 12 11-11-2011 20 2 .....

Actually the first one is the account id so the digit count will vary everytime...Apart from the date, rest all digits count will vary...so can I use the same solution which you suggested...?

Thanks in Adavance...!!
# 5  
Old 04-25-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kattoor
Thanks a lot friends....!!

I have one query on this..

If the sentence is like ,

111 12-12-2002 100 23 12 11-11-2011 20 2 .....

Actually the first one is the account id so the digit count will vary everytime...Apart from the date, rest all digits count will vary...so can I use the same solution which you suggested...?

Thanks in Adavance...!!

use this

sed 's/\([0-9][0-9]* [0-9]\{2\}-[0-9]\{2\}-[0-9][0-9]* [0-9][0-9]* [0-9][0-9]* \)/\1\n/g' filename


cheers,
Devaraj Takhellambam
# 6  
Old 04-25-2009
Thanks yaaar...Thanks a lot...!!
# 7  
Old 04-25-2009
Not without some modification, eg
Code:
perl -pe 's/(\d{,5} \d{2}-\d{2}-\d{4} \d{,4} \d{,2}) /$1\n/g'

That way the first number can be 1-5 digits, the first after the date 1-4 and the last 1 or two. Adjust according to your needs.
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