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# 1  
Old 07-26-2019
Using sed to split hex string
Hi,

I'm looking to split the following hex string into rows of four elements.

I've tried the following but it doesn't seem to work. How can I tell sed to match based on a pair of number(s) and letter(s), and add a newline every 4 pairs?
In addition, I need to add another newline after every string has been processed.

Code:
echo "1C 50 A9 D3 8B B0 24 9C 14 1C 50 A9 D3 8B B0 24" | sed -nr 's/[0-9A-Z]{2}/\n/4p'
1C 50 A9
 8B B0 24 9C 14 1C 50 A9 D3 8B B0 24 9C 14

Expected output:

Code:
1C 50 A9 D3
8B B0 24 9C

14 1C 50 A9
D3 8B B0 24

# 2  
Old 07-26-2019
Code:
 | sed 's/\(\([0-9A-F][0-9A-F] \)\{4\}\)/\1\n/g'

# 3  
Old 07-26-2019
Insert a \n every 12 characters:
Code:
sed -nr 's/.{12}/&\n/gp'

If you really want to indentify 4 elements:
Code:
sed -nr 's/([0-9A-F]{2} ){4}/&\n/gp'

With BRE (no -r) it is like the previous solution:
Code:
sed -n 's/\([0-9A-F][0-9A-F] \)\{4\}/&\n/gp'

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jim mcnamara
# 4  
Old 07-26-2019
regex / wctype offer a "character class" for hex:

Code:
sed -nr 's/([[:xdigit:]]{2} ){4}/&\n/gp'

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jim mcnamara
# 5  
Old 07-27-2019
Hi.
Code:
echo "1C 50 A9 D3 8B B0 24 9C 14 1C 50 A9 D3 8B B0 24" |
fold -12 |
sed '2~2a\
'

producing:
Code:
1C 50 A9 D3 
8B B0 24 9C 

14 1C 50 A9 
D3 8B B0 24

Where the GNU extension '2~2' starts with line 2, then after each 2nd line adds a newline.

On a system like:
Code:
OS, ker|rel, machine: Linux, 3.16.0-7-amd64, x86_64
Distribution        : Debian 8.11 (jessie) 
bash GNU bash 4.3.30
fold (GNU coreutils) 8.23
sed (GNU sed) 4.2.2

Best wishes ... cheers, drl
Last edited by drl; 07-27-2019 at 09:25 AM..
# 6  
Old 07-27-2019
You might try as well
Code:
echo "1C 50 A9 D3 8B B0 24 9C 14 1C 50 A9 D3 8B B0 24" | tr ' ' $'\n' | paste -sd'   \n'

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