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# 1  
Old 12-20-2011
Converting a line into a list using awk or sed
Hello,

I am trying to convert a line into a list using awk or sed.

Code:
 
Line:
345 897 567 098 123
 
output:
345 
897 
567 
098 
123

thanks
# 2  
Old 12-20-2011
Code:
echo "345 897 567 098 123" | sed 's/ /\n/g'

Code:
echo "345 897 567 098 123" | tr ' ' '\n'

Code:
echo "345 897 567 098 123" | awk '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++) {print $i}}'

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Last edited by balajesuri; 12-20-2011 at 05:21 AM..
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# 3  
Old 12-20-2011
In nawk if missed ..
Code:
$ nawk '{gsub(/ /,"\n")};1' infile

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# 4  
Old 12-20-2011
Code:
echo "12 11 13 15" | awk 'BEGIN { RS=" "; ORS=" \n"; } {print$1; } '

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# 5  
Old 12-20-2011
How could we forget Perl!
Code:
echo "345 897 567 098 123" | perl -pe 's/ /\n/g'

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# 6  
Old 12-20-2011
And another one:

Code:
% printf '%s\n' 345 897 567 098 123 
345
897
567
098
123

# 7  
Old 12-20-2011
Hey guys thanks all of you.

tried all and the all work.

and I did try to search but did not find the links you provided
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