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# 8  
Old 10-23-2007
hey ya ghostdog,i am just curious,can sed do the same thing?haha..just a question..if cannot i just use awk..thanks
# 9  
Old 10-24-2007
awk gsub!!!!!

Hi,
Try this one.

Code:
nawk '{
gsub(/root/,"\nroot",$0)
print
}' filename

# 10  
Old 10-24-2007
hi thanks for your code!!haha..well..i was wondering if sed could do the same thing,any idea?
# 11  
Old 10-24-2007
Hi,

Using sed you can do as

sed 's/root/\
root/g' filename

Regards,
Chella
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