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Old 11-20-2010
Need to split the $PATH output
Hi,

/usr/kerberos/sbin:/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/root/bin

i want to print the above output as below

/usr/kerberos/sbin
/usr/kerberos/bin
/usr/local/sbin
/usr/local/bin
/sbin
/bin
/usr/sbin
/usr/bin
/usr/X11R6/bin
/root/bin

Need help.
# 2  
Old 11-20-2010
Code:
echo $PATH | tr ':' '\n'

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# 3  
Old 11-20-2010
Code:
echo $PATH | awk '1' RS=":"

# 4  
Old 11-20-2010
Thank you very much for your swift response.
# 5  
Old 11-20-2010
Code:
( IFS=: ; printf "%s\n" $PATH )

Last edited by Scrutinizer; 11-21-2010 at 12:16 AM..
# 6  
Old 11-20-2010
Code:
echo $PATH | sed 's/:/\n/g'
echo $PATH | perl -plne 's/:/\n/g'

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