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# 1  
Old 06-29-2009
Split text in all chars
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

Last edited by Yogesh Sawant; 07-05-2009 at 11:09 AM.. Reason: added code tags
# 2  
Old 06-29-2009
sed can do that..
Code:
/home/>echo "Hello World"|sed 's/\(.\)/\1\
/g';

Last edited by vidyadhar85; 06-29-2009 at 07:05 PM..
# 3  
Old 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!
# 4  
Old 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

# 5  
Old 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

# 6  
Old 07-02-2009
Try...
Code:
$ echo "Hello World"|fold -1
H
e
l
l
o

W
o
r
l
d

# 7  
Old 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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