sed help split line

Raom · #1 (**permalink**) 01-30-2006

hi

i have a file containing lines like

word1,word2,word3,word4,..
word4,word5,word3,word6,...

now i need to make it to look like
word1
word2
word3
word4
.
.
.

in other words ','(comma) is replaced with new line.

vino · #2 (**permalink**) 01-30-2006

Much easier with tr.

Code:

tr ',' '\n' < input.file

zazzybob · #3 (**permalink**) 01-30-2006

If you want to use sed (tested with GNU sed, plus sed on a Solaris 9 box)...

Code:

sed 's/,/\
/g' my_file

Raom · #4 (**permalink**) 01-30-2006

thanks vino that works

sorry zazzy sed failed!!

vino · #5 (**permalink**) 01-30-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raom

thanks vino that works

sorry zazzy sed failed!!

The sed should work perfect.

Try this as well...

Code:

sed -e 's_,_\n_g' input.file

zazzybob · #6 (**permalink**) 01-30-2006

Yep the sed should work fine. It will fail if you're using csh/tcsh it'll barf.

Cheers
ZB

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