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# 1  
Old 04-09-2010
CHANGING THE TEXT INSIDE A FILE
Hi All,
I need a small help in formating a file.

I have a file with word like this;

Code:
ATGHYJIKOLFHJDHDGDYFGFYGRYGFYRHFYHFUED
DHDJFDFSJFLFJSKJFSLKJFGHDKLGLDKGLKDNVNV
VNLDVLDVDHFJDKDJVNVHSUFNHJFMVJFMVKJMFV
...
....
....

like this 75000 words.

I want to convert this words into a single column by maintaining the order.

For example,

Code:
A
T
G
H
Y
J
I
K
O
L
F
H
J
D
H
D
G
D
Y
F
G
F
Y
G
R
Y
G
F
Y
R
H
F
Y
H
F
U
E
D END OF FIRST LINE (THIS IS JUST AN INDICATOR)
D
H
D
J
F
D
F
S
J
F
L
F
J
S
K
J
F
S
L
K
J
F
G
H
D
K
L
G
L
D
K
G
L
K
D
N
V
N
V     END OF SECOND LINE
V
N
L
D
V
L
D
V
D
H
F
J
D
K
D
J
V
N
V
H
S
U
F
N
H
J
F
M
V
J
F
M
V
K
J
M
F
V  END OF THIRD LINE
..
...

IS THERE A BEST WAY TO DO IT USING AWK OR SED OR UNIX COMMANDS.
ITS BASICALLY MAKING A MATRIX INTO A LONG VECTOR.

PLEASE LET ME KNOW
# 2  
Old 04-09-2010
Code:
sed "s/./&\\
/g;s/.$//" file > newfile

Code:
awk ' { gsub(".","&\n");sub(".$","") } 1 ' file > newfile

Last edited by anbu23; 04-09-2010 at 04:05 PM..
# 3  
Old 04-09-2010
I tried it. but got the following error message

Code:
tr -d '\n' < D.txt | sed "s/ ./&\\/g" > newfile
sed: 1: "s/ ./&\/g": unterminated substitute in regular expression

Please let me know whats happening
# 4  
Old 04-09-2010
Sed Command has to be in multiple lines
# 5  
Old 04-09-2010
Thanks,

The awk command worked
# 6  
Old 04-09-2010
Or, you guys could use a command specifically designed for this job Smilie
Code:
fold -w1 file

Regards,
Alister
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