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# 1  
Old 07-14-2008
replace > with new line character
<reward_data><date><datetime>071308000804</datetime></date>

I want the above data to be displayed as

<reward_data>
<date>
<datetime>071308000804</datetime>
</date>

How can i accomplish this.

I tried the below

tr "><" ">\n" < filename
# 2  
Old 07-14-2008
Hammer & Screwdriver No one ever said it would be easy...
Code:
> cat file9
<reward_data><date><datetime>071308000804</datetime></date>

> cat file9 | sed "s/></>~</g" | tr "~" "\n"
<reward_data>
<date>
<datetime>071308000804</datetime>
</date>

I had to do a substitution to ~ to then use the tr command to get the new line. By the way, I think the tr command only works with single characters - thus your initial problem.
# 3  
Old 07-14-2008
Well if you really want tr try this:
Code:
tr -s '>' '\n' < filename | sed 's/$/>/'

tr works only on single characters not "><"
# 4  
Old 07-14-2008
Code:
awk '{gsub("><",">\n<");print }' file

# 5  
Old 07-15-2008
Using Sed
Hi,

Try this

Code:
sed 's/></>\[press Enter(newline)]
</g' filename

Regards,
Chella
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