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Old 06-05-2013
[Solved] How to separate one line to mutiple line based on certain number of characters?
hi Gurus,

I need separate a file which is one huge line to multiple lines based on certain number of charactors. for example:
Code:
abcdefghi high abaddffdd

I want to separate the line to multiple lines for every 4 charactors.
the result should be
Code:
abcd
efgh
i hi
gh a
badd
ffdd

Thanks in advance.
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Old 06-05-2013
You can use fold command:
Code:
fold -w4 file

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# 3  
Old 06-05-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by Yoda
You can use fold command:
Code:
fold -w4 file

Thank you very much!
you are great!!!

Smilie
# 4  
Old 06-05-2013
With awk
Code:
awk '{for (i=1;i<=length($0);i+=4) print substr($0,i,4)}' file

Last edited by Jotne; 06-05-2013 at 03:00 PM.. Reason: Fixed typo
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Old 06-05-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jotne
With awk
Code:
awk '{for (i=1;i<=length($0);i+=4) print substr($0,i,4)}' file

Thanks, the code works perfect. Great man !!!
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Old 06-05-2013
For completeness:
Code:
sed 's/.\{4\}/&\
/g' file

Yes, sed needs two lines. GNU sed also takes one line with \n.
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