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Old 04-19-2015
Split a line
I have a very long line in a file separated by "|" delimiter like below. Due to the length of the line, I find it very difficult to read to find a match line.

Code:
file = temp.txt
word 1| word 2 | word 3|....

I would like to read the file temp.txt and print out all words line by line like below.

Code:
word 1
word 2
word 3
.
.

Please help me with about splitting a long line/lines based on delimiter.

Thank you advance!
Last edited by Don Cragun; 04-19-2015 at 04:01 PM.. Reason: Add CODE tags.
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Old 04-19-2015
Please use code tags as required by forum rules!

Any attempts from your side?

---------- Post updated at 20:02 ---------- Previous update was at 19:56 ----------

Your input sample does not lead to your output sample by just replacing | with <NL> . Anyhow, try
Code:
tr '|' '\n' <file

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