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# 1  
Old 12-29-2012
Linux Help with shellscript
I am new in shell script i want to convert .txt file
in the format
PHP Code:
axsjdijdjjdk 
to

PHP Code:
a
x
s
j
d
i
j
d
j
j
d
k 
# 2  
Old 12-29-2012
Code:
awk '{ for(i=1; i<=length($0 );i++) {print substr($0,i,1) } } ' oldfile > newfile

# 3  
Old 12-29-2012
Code:
sed 's/\(.\)/\1\n/g' -i filename

Last edited by Scott; 12-30-2012 at 01:41 AM.. Reason: Removed link
# 4  
Old 12-30-2012
try also:
Code:
awk '$1=$1' FS= OFS="\n" input.txt

---------- Post updated at 11:22 PM ---------- Previous update was at 10:51 PM ----------

also, more sed:
Code:
sed 's/./&\n/g' input.txt

Last edited by rdrtx1; 12-30-2012 at 01:19 AM..
# 5  
Old 12-31-2012
thank u all
is there any way to handle unicode such as ʃʰɐm̆
# 6  
Old 12-31-2012
Both example in post #4 does handle your unicode text, giving on characters pr line.
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