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Old 08-05-2013
Split a text file into multiple text files?
I have a text file with entries like
Code:
 1186
 5556
 90844
 7873

 7722
 12
 7890.6
 78.52
 6679
 
 3455
 9867
 1127
 5642

..N so many records like this.

I want to split this file into multiple files like cluster1.txt, cluster2.txt, cluster3.txt, ..... clusterN.txt.

cluster1.txt should be like:
Code:
 1186
 5556
 90844
 7873

cluster2.txt should be like:
Code:
 7722
 12
 7890.6
 78.52
 6679

..... so on. ..
Last edited by Scott; 08-05-2013 at 10:35 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags
# 2  
Old 08-05-2013
Code:
$ awk '{print $0 > "cluster"NR".txt"}' FS="\n+" RS= infile

This User Gave Thanks to zaxxon For This Post:
sammy777
# 3  
Old 08-05-2013
That space between block 2 and 3 hoses zaxxon's fine proposal... plus - I'm not sure what the FS is for.
This User Gave Thanks to RudiC For This Post:
sammy777
# 4  
Old 08-05-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by RudiC
That space between block 2 and 3 hoses zaxxon's fine proposal... plus - I'm not sure what the FS is for.
zaxxon rocked... it worked for me Smilie
# 5  
Old 08-06-2013
Code:
awk '{print> "cluster"NR".txt"}' FS="\n+" RS= infile

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