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Old 05-14-2013
Move a text to next line in a file
Hi ,

I need your help for the below issue.

I have a file which has data as below


Code:
An error came (/u01/app/12.csv)
pkg1.func1: detail s 1111-->pkg1.func1: detail s 2222-->

Now pkg1.func1: .... --> can come multiple times in the second line.
I need to arrange the data in the below way for the file.

Code:
An error came (/u01/app/12.csv)
pkg1.func1: detail s 1111
pkg1.func1: detail s 222

The above thing will happen for any number of occurrences of pkg1.func1: .... --> text.

Thanks in advance.
Last edited by joeyg; 05-14-2013 at 11:14 AM.. Reason: Please wrap commands and data inside CodeTags
# 2  
Old 05-14-2013
So, essentially you want to change
"-->" to a new-line character (carriage return/line feed)
???
# 3  
Old 05-14-2013
check this one
Code:
 
sed 's/-->/\n/g' input_file.txt

# 4  
Old 05-14-2013
Thanks for the reply.
Yes I want this thing along with
Code:
pkg1.func1: detail s 1111
pkg1.func1: detail s 222

which means pkg1.func1: will be coming everytime .
Last edited by Scrutinizer; 05-14-2013 at 12:02 PM.. Reason: closing code tag
# 5  
Old 05-14-2013
An awk approach:
Code:
awk '/pkg1\.func1/{gsub("-->",RS)}1' file

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# 6  
Old 05-14-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by Yoda
An awk approach:
Code:
awk '/pkg1\.func1/{gsub("-->",RS)}1' file

Thanks for your help. It worked.
Can you please explain me the code as I'm not very much efficient in awk.
# 7  
Old 05-14-2013
Code:
awk '
        /pkg1\.func1/ {                 # Check if pattern: pkg1.func1 present in current record.
                gsub ("-->", RS)        # Global Substitute "-->" with RS (RS is a special awk variable, by default a newline)
        }
        1                               # 1 == true (if true, the default awk action is to print current record)
' file

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