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# 1  
Old 01-30-2006
sed help split line
hi

i have a file containing lines like

word1,word2,word3,word4,..
word4,word5,word3,word6,...

now i need to make it to look like
word1
word2
word3
word4
.
.
.

in other words ','(comma) is replaced with new line.
# 2  
Old 01-30-2006
Much easier with tr.

Code:
tr ',' '\n' < input.file

# 3  
Old 01-30-2006
If you want to use sed (tested with GNU sed, plus sed on a Solaris 9 box)...
Code:
sed 's/,/\
/g' my_file

Hit return after the backslash....

Cheers
ZB
# 4  
Old 01-30-2006
thanks vino that works

sorry zazzy sed failed!!
# 5  
Old 01-30-2006
Quote:
Originally Posted by Raom
thanks vino that works

sorry zazzy sed failed!!
The sed should work perfect.

Try this as well...

Code:
sed -e 's_,_\n_g' input.file

# 6  
Old 01-30-2006
Yep the sed should work fine. It will fail if you're using csh/tcsh it'll barf.

Cheers
ZB
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