adding a new line using sed command

ivesia · #1 (**permalink**) 11-07-2005

I need to find text "A" and replace it with A B. The issue is that I need a new line between A and B. \n does not do the work. Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

zazzybob · #2 (**permalink**) 11-07-2005

Use perl

perl -p -i -e 's/A/A\nB/g' somefile

Cheers
ZB

Ygor · #3 (**permalink**) 11-07-2005

Make a script file for sed, e.g....

Code:

s/A/A\
B/g

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