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# 1  
Old 02-23-2012
Not able to insert new line using sed in Sun Solaris
Hi Guys,

can any one know how to replace the string by newline using sed ?

i dont need any other solution. I am very curious to know this in sed.

Code:
Input:
one,two,three
 
Output
one
two
three

Code:
we can acheive this by awk but in sed ?,
awk '{gsub(/\,/,"\n");print;}' File

In linux, the below code working but in not my solaris system.

Code:
sed 's/\,/\n/g' File

My system is
Code:
uname -a
SunOS cube 5.9 Generic_117171-07 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-480R

Thanks guys for the help Smilie

Cheers,
RangaSmilie
# 2  
Old 02-23-2012
Code:
 
$ echo "a,b,c,d" | sed 's#,#\
#g'
a
b
c
d

 
$ uname
SunOS

# 3  
Old 02-23-2012
sed
Quote:
Originally Posted by itkamaraj
Code:
 
$ echo "a,b,c,d" | sed 's#,#\
#g'
a
b
c
d
 
 
$ uname
SunOS

when i execute the above command it throws error

Error Msg:
sed: Ending delimiter missing on substitution: s#,#

is there any other way other than this cos i tried this already and didn't get desired output.
# 4  
Old 02-23-2012
Code:
 
$ echo "a,b,c,d" | sed 's#,#\
#g'

after the second hash # press \ and enter then third hash # then g then single quote '
# 5  
Old 02-23-2012
sed
Yes got it.
i have to use the above command in shell mode right ?
after execute the sh command. before this i din't done it.
Thanks Yar Smilie
Last edited by rangarasan; 02-23-2012 at 04:43 AM..
# 6  
Old 02-23-2012
can you post the entire command you tried. ( everything with error message )
# 7  
Old 02-23-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by itkamaraj
can you post the entire command you tried. ( everything with error message )
Yes got it.
i have to use the above command in shell mode right ?
after execute the sh command. before this i din't done it.
Thanks Yar Smilie

1. execute sh command
2. echo "a,b,c,d" | sed 's#,#\
#d'

Is this the only way to do this in sed ?
Last edited by rangarasan; 02-23-2012 at 04:55 AM.. Reason: given detailed explanation for future users.
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