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Old 11-16-2011
how to fetch part of a line and display
Input of data:



Student: Hari Roll No: 24777 Phone No: 122334 Student: Sudha Roll No: 247911 Phone No: 34552111 Student: Lata Roll No: 247790 Phone No: 7675656554

Student: Kutty Roll No: 24677 Phone No: 12442334 Student: Sudhar Roll No: 247411 Phone No: 3455244111





Output of data:



Student: Hari Roll No: 24777 Phone No: 122334

Student: Sudha Roll No: 247911 Phone No: 34552111

Student: Lata Roll No: 247790 Phone No: 7675656554

Student: Kutty Roll No: 24677 Phone No: 12442334
Student: Sudhar Roll No: 247411 Phone No: 3455244111





I want to dispaly in proper order as the output. how do i fetch particular position in a line and display in next line
# 2  
Old 11-16-2011
try this
Code:
sed 's/Student:/\n&/g' infile

# 3  
Old 11-16-2011
Hi ygemici
I got the output with "n" prefix with every start of line

Code:
nStudent: Hari Roll No: 24777 Phone No: 122334 nStudent: Sudha Roll No: 247911 Phone No: 34552111 nStudent: Lata Roll No: 247790 Phone No: 7675656554
nStudent: Kutty Roll No: 24677 Phone No: 12442334 nStudent: Sudhar Roll No: 247411 Phone No: 3455244111

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Mod Comment Please use code tags!
Last edited by zaxxon; 11-17-2011 at 04:28 AM.. Reason: code tags, see PM
# 4  
Old 11-16-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by rampriya.s
I got the output with "n" prefix with every start of line


nStudent: Hari Roll No: 24777 Phone No: 122334 nStudent: Sudha Roll No: 247911 Phone No: 34552111 nStudent: Lata Roll No: 247790 Phone No: 7675656554
nStudent: Kutty Roll No: 24677 Phone No: 12442334 nStudent: Sudhar Roll No: 247411 Phone No: 3455244111
hi rampriya.s
try this. ( after the backslash press return and go to a sub-line and go-on)
Code:
# sed 's/Student:/\
&/g' file

regards
ygemici
# 5  
Old 11-17-2011
Hi ygemici,

It worked now Smilie

Thanks a lot!!
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