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Old 06-19-2009
File mgt: Do you know the command line command
I need a commnad to modify a file's contents from:

2009-06-18 14:14:38 CST INF Thread-114 rlo.aaf_ - MASSHANDLE: Got a valid message<Location=""><bob>2</bob><carol>61</carol><ted>54</ted><alice>1m</alice>

to this :

2009-06-18 14:14:38 CST INF Thread-114 rlo.aaf_ - MASSHANDLE: Got a valid message<Location=""><bob>2</bob>
<carol>61</carol>
<ted>54</ted>
<alice>1m</alice>

Adding the CR (\n) after each </*> and preserving the contents of each field.

Thanks for any help!
# 2  
Old 06-20-2009

Code:
sed 's|</[^>]*>|&\
|g' "$file"

# 3  
Old 06-20-2009
Code:
awk '{gsub(/<\/[^>]*>/,"\\\\&\n")}1' file

# 4  
Old 06-23-2009
Thanks!
Thanks ghostdog74 & cfajohnson! Problem solved!!
# 5  
Old 06-24-2009
Code:
my $str='2009-06-18 14:14:38 CST INF Thread-114 rlo.aaf_ - MASSHANDLE: Got a valid message<Location=""><bob>2</bob><carol>61</carol><ted>54</ted><alice>1m</alice>';
$str=~	s/(<\/[^>]*>)/$1\n/;
print $str;

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