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# 1  
Old 10-22-2008
How to split a text after fix character count
HI,

I want to split a text after certain fix character count in text.

For eg: My file is containing text like:

AURBJR,AURCID,AURVID,CHANDV,DAMNEW,DHMMAN,GANGAN,GARKHE,GOREGA,JEJKHA,JEJSHI,JINTUR,JMKKUS,JUNAWA,KA LKAL,KHOJEW,KUNJIR,MAGARP,MAHAD,

in this i want to print text after each 120 character in the next line.

Pls help.

# 2  
Old 10-22-2008
awk '{ print substr($0,1,120)"\n"substr($0,121)}' <filename> > outfilename
# 3  
Old 10-22-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by vikash.rastogi
..print text after each 120 character in the next line.
Code:
sed 's/\(.\{120\}\)/&\
/g' filename

Last edited by danmero; 10-22-2008 at 01:01 PM.. Reason: quote the OP
# 4  
Old 10-22-2008
Try this one:
Code:
sed 's/./&\
> /120' filename

# 5  
Old 10-23-2008
It is not working at all, is there any "fold" command in UNIX? i heared abt it but not confirm.
# 6  
Old 10-23-2008
not working at all?
Can you tell what is the expected output and provide what you tried?
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