Split text in all chars

WSyS · #1 (**permalink**) 06-29-2009

Hello,

I need a shell script to split a text to all chars. The text is:

Code:

Hello World

But i need it:

Code:

H
e
l
l
o
 
W
o
r
l
d

vidyadhar85 · #2 (**permalink**) 06-29-2009

sed can do that..

Code:

/home/>echo "Hello World"|sed 's/\(.\)/\1\
/g';

WSyS · #3 (**permalink**) 06-29-2009

echo "Hello World"|sed 's/$.$/\1\> /g';
H
> e
> l
> l
> o
>
> W
> o
> r
> l
> d
>

How can i remove this ">" ?

---------- Post updated at 04:38 PM ---------- Previous update was at 04:36 PM ----------

echo "Hello World"|sed 's/$.$/\1\/g';

OK thank you it works!

ghostdog74 · #4 (**permalink**) 06-29-2009

GNU awk

Code:

# echo "Hello World" | awk 'BEGIN{FS=""}{for(i=i;i<=NF;i++)print $i}'
Hello World
H
e
l
l
o

W
o
r
l
d

cfajohnson · #5 (**permalink**) 07-01-2009

The shell can do it without any external commands:
Code:
string="Hello World"
while [ -n "$string" ]; do
  printf "%c\n" "$string"
  string=${string#?}
done

Ygor · #6 (**permalink**) 07-02-2009

Try...

Code:

$ echo "Hello World"|fold -1
H
e
l
l
o

W
o
r
l
d

vidyadhar85 · #7 (**permalink**) 07-02-2009

hmm not working for me..

Code:

home> echo "hello world"|fold -1
fold: Not a recognized flag: 1
Usage: fold [-bs] [-w Width] [File...]

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