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# 1  
Old 04-07-2014
Replace 3rd occurance of SPACE with newline
I have file with SQL output as

Code:
0001 firstname1 lastname1 0002 firstname2 lastname2 0003 firstname3 lastname3 0004 firstname4 lastname4

Expected output :
Code:
0001 firstname1 lastname1 
0002 firstname2 lastname2 
0003 firstname3 lastname3 
0004 firstname4 lastname4

Let me know if this can be done with simple AWK or SED one liner

Of if I need to do it by updating SQL query which is input to this file, please help me with the sql query details.
Right now my .sql query redirects all output in one single line only.
Last edited by Scrutinizer; 04-07-2014 at 09:50 AM.. Reason: code tags
# 2  
Old 04-07-2014
Which database? Can you show your sql script?
# 3  
Old 04-07-2014
Code:
$ cat file
0001 firstname1 lastname1 0002 firstname2 lastname2 0003 firstname3 lastname3 0004 firstname4 lastname4

Code:
$ awk 'ORS = !(NR%3)? "\n" : FS ' RS=" "  file
0001 firstname1 lastname1
0002 firstname2 lastname2
0003 firstname3 lastname3
0004 firstname4 lastname4

Code:
$ awk '{ for(i=1;i<=NF;i++)printf $i ( i%3 == 0 ? RS : FS ) }'  file
0001 firstname1 lastname1 
0002 firstname2 lastname2 
0003 firstname3 lastname3 
0004 firstname4 lastname4

Last edited by Akshay Hegde; 04-07-2014 at 11:15 AM..
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# 4  
Old 04-08-2014
Try also
Code:
tr ' ' '\n' <file | paste -s -d'  \n'
0001 firstname1 lastname1
0002 firstname2 lastname2
0003 firstname3 lastname3
0004 firstname4 lastname4

Be aware that not all systems accept the \n notion...
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# 5  
Old 04-08-2014
OR

Code:
$ echo '0001 firstname1 lastname1 0002 firstname2 lastname2 0003 firstname3 lastname3 0004 firstname4 lastname4' | xargs -n 3
0001 firstname1 lastname1
0002 firstname2 lastname2
0003 firstname3 lastname3
0004 firstname4 lastname4

Code:
xargs -n 3 <file

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# 6  
Old 04-08-2014
Hello,

One more approach for same.

Code:
xargs -n 3 < get_data_check_details_check121212

Output will be as follows.

Code:
0001 firstname1 lastname1
0002 firstname2 lastname2
0003 firstname3 lastname3
0004 firstname4 lastname4

NOTE: Where get_data_check_details_check121212 is input file.

EDIT: Sorry just now saw Akshay have posted the same command.


Thanks,
R. Singh
Last edited by RavinderSingh13; 04-08-2014 at 08:29 AM.. Reason: Adding sorry
# 7  
Old 04-08-2014
One more way Smilie

Code:
 
printf "%s %s %s\n" $(cat filename)
 
or
 
printf "%s %s %s\n" $(echo '0001 firstname1 lastname1 0002 firstname2 lastname2 0003 firstname3 lastname3 0004 firstname4 lastname4')
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