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Old 11-04-2011
Break single line in 4
How can i break a single line into 5 lines
Code:
# joseluiz.silvano; Ramal4846; Sala4121; SetorCorregedoria 	host DF04488962 { 		hardware ethernet 00:16:41:68:57:0B; fixed-address 10.100.111.245; 	}

INTO
Code:
# joseluiz.silvano; Ramal4846; Sala4121; SetorCorregedoria
	host DF04488962 {
		hardware ethernet 00:16:41:68:57:0B;
		fixed-address 10.100.111.245;
		}

Any ideas? Thankz
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# 2  
Old 11-04-2011
What's your system?

What's your shell?
# 3  
Old 11-04-2011
Assuming host is a fixed value, you could so something like:
Code:
sed "s/\( *host.*{\)\(.*;\)\(.*;\)/\n\1\n\2\n\3\n/" infile

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# 4  
Old 11-04-2011
Ubuntu and bash

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Its possible to reverse this option making the lines become 1 ?
# 5  
Old 11-04-2011
All lines in the file into 1 line, or every 5 lines into 1 line?
# 6  
Old 11-04-2011
Every 5 into 1 in the file!? =)
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