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# 1  
Old 09-21-2010
Using sed I want to replace space by newline
Input:
--------------------------
123asd 456sdasda 789a
-------------------------

output wanted:
---------------------
123asd
456sdasda
789a
----------------------

I want this by sed in simple way

please help (I know by: tr ' ' '\n' < inputfile )I want it by sed only
# 2  
Old 09-21-2010
Code:
sed 's/ /\n/g' infile
xargs -n1 < infile

# 3  
Old 09-21-2010
file contain:
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Very best site to post queries.


SED NOT WORKING : sed 's/ /\n/g' file1

ThisnisnthenbestnsitenInhavenneverncomenacross.nThenbestnonenindeed.
Verynbestnsitentonpostnqueries.

other one works but I want in sed only.
# 4  
Old 09-21-2010
sed in Solaris ?

Code:
sed 's/ /\
> /g' infile

after / /\, type enter
# 5  
Old 09-21-2010
In a terminal the second line will be prompted with '>'
Code:
$ echo "123asd 456sdasda 789a" | sed 's/ /\
/g'

Result
Code:
123asd
456sdasda
789a

Alrady showed by rdcwayx, but his post didn't appezr while writing mine Smilie
# 6  
Old 09-21-2010
To my knowledge, the \n escape sequence in replacement text is a gnu extension to the posix sed standard.
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