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# 1  
Old 02-16-2012
script to find backshash and place the content in next line
Hi All,

I am new to the forum and scripting...Can someone help me with a code..

My input file will be like
Code:
$cat first
aa a\b     bb\ccccc\ddd
ee*e\fff\ggg

output should be
Code:
aa a\
b     bb\
ccccc\
ddd
ee*e\
fff\
ggg

I tried with
Code:
cat first | awk '{ gsub( /\\/, "/\\/" ); print }' > second
tr -s "/\\/" '\n' < second > outfile3

but i am not able to get the required one..

i am getting like below
Code:
aa a
\
b     bb
\
ccccc
\
ddd
ee*e
\
fff
\
ggg

Thanks in advance
Madhan M
Last edited by Franklin52; 02-17-2012 at 03:08 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags for code and data samples, thank you
# 2  
Old 02-16-2012
You get a useless use of cat award.

Code:
sed 's/\\/\\\n/g' filename

# 3  
Old 02-16-2012
thanks a lot for your support.. but i am not getting the required output.. i am getting like
Code:
$sed 's/\\/\\\n/g' first
aa a\nb bb\nccccc\nddd
ee*e\nfff\nggg

Last edited by Franklin52; 02-17-2012 at 03:07 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags for code and data samples, thank you
# 4  
Old 02-16-2012
You have a mouldy old version of sed which doesn't understand \n. You'll have to give it a real newline instead.

Code:
sed 's/\\/\\
/g' filename

# 5  
Old 02-16-2012
Assuming # is not used in your initial file you can for example :
Code:
sed 's/\\/\\#/g' first | tr '#' '\n'

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madhanmo
# 6  
Old 02-17-2012
Great thanks a lot.. it works very well...
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