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replace a symbol with new line

i have file in which i want to replace a char with new line
please help me out
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Old 01-17-2009
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Originally Posted by RahulJoshi
i have file in which i want to replace a char with new line
please help me out

Code:
char=e  ## replace "e" with the character you want replaced
tr "$char" "\n" < FILE

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