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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers How to get new line after certain character.? Post 302923507 by junior-helper on Monday 3rd of November 2014 11:11:15 AM
Old 11-03-2014
The statements you have provided are kind of ambiguous. On the one hand you want a new line *after* certain character (which character?), on the other hand you mention fixed line length (which line?).

Maybe this will suffice:
Code:
fold -w 14 file

 

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