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Old 09-13-2006
put each word in new line - sed or tr
Hello !

I have a result of ls command in a file:

file1 file2 file3.out file4.pdf file5

they all are separated by space.

I need to put them on a separate line
example:
file1
file2
file3.out
file4.pdf
fil35

i tried
sed 's/ /\n/g' inputfile > outputfile
but did not help

also tried tr command but no result.

Please help.
thank you.
# 2  
Old 09-13-2006
tr should work. use this
Code:
tr ' ' '\n' < file

# 3  
Old 09-13-2006
To add newline using SED use this

Code:
sed -f script file

script
################
s/ /\
/g
################

# 4  
Old 09-13-2006
Thank you
thank you.
that was very helpful.

Smilie
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