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# 1  
Old 10-25-2011
Line break on word
I have a file that contains the following:
Code:
^field LINE_1     data
^field LINE_2     data
^field LINE_3     data
^field LINE_4     data
^field LINE_5     data 
...

And im looking to do a line break at the end of the number before the text to make it look like this
Code:
^field LINE_1    
data
^field LINE_2     
data
^field LINE_3     
data
^field LINE_4     
data
^field LINE_5     
data

I have been unsuccesfully searching all day, any help woudl be great
Thanks

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# 2  
Old 10-25-2011
You can try below
Code:
 
awk '{print $1" "$2"\n"$3}' input_file > output_file

Regards,
Vishal
# 3  
Old 10-25-2011
Thank you vishalaswani
that is 99% there!
It chopps it off at the first word after the break, if i have a line with 20 words on it, how do i make it read to the end?
# 4  
Old 10-25-2011
Should it always put the last word in the next line, no matter how many words there are?
# 5  
Old 10-25-2011
Yes
If the line was to say "THIS IS ALL YOUR TEXT" i would need it to have all of it and not just the first word
# 6  
Old 10-25-2011
I do not understand that explanation, but you can try this:
Code:
awk '{$NF=RS $NF; print}' infile

In case that is not what you are looking for, post your complete example input and an example output using [code] and [/code] tags, thanks.
# 7  
Old 10-25-2011
Sorry for the confusion, if i was to have this:

Code:
^field LINE_22    
^field LINE_23      BILLING     CREDIT   AVAILABLE     PAST DUE       MINIMUM     TOTAL DUE
^field LINE_24         DATE      LIMIT      CREDIT                    PAYMENT
^field LINE_25     00-00-00          0           0          .00           .00           .00
^field LINE_26     00-00-00          0           0          .00           .00           .00

i would like the final output to be:
Code:
^field LINE_22  
  
^field LINE_23
      BILLING     CREDIT   AVAILABLE     PAST DUE       MINIMUM     TOTAL DUE
^field LINE_24 
        DATE      LIMIT      CREDIT                    PAYMENT
^field LINE_25 
    00-00-00          0           0          .00           .00           .00
^field LINE_26 
    00-00-00          0           0          .00           .00           .00

Does that help?
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