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I have a file that looks like below:

Code:

a:b:c d e f g h
u:f:j
e:k:c0 d9 e1 x55 h789
p:d:hh dtyu gasd lrtyu oqa

Is there a way to print is as given below:

Code:

a:b:c 
    d 
    e 
    f 
    g 
    h
u:f:j
e:k:c0
    d9 
    e1 
    x55
    h789
p:d:hh 
    dtyu 
    gasd 
    lrtyu 
    oqa

Hi, try:

Code:

awk '{$1=$1}1' OFS='\n    ' infile

It does not work.... I am using AIX....

What does not work?

I dont get the required output.

In a case like this it would be nice if you showed us the output. This is another way of saying it does not work..
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I think this is a bug in awk on AIX due to an "optimization" that we have witnessed before (which may be due to a compiler setting?).
If you assign a field its own value then awk does not seem to be doing anything, while it ought to recalculate the record ($0) using OFS.

Try:

Code:

awk '{$1=x$1}1' OFS='\n    ' infile

or use gawk if available:

Code:

gawk '{$1=$1}1' OFS='\n    ' infile

This should then work too:

Code:

awk '$1=x$1' OFS='\n    ' infile