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# 15  
Old 12-23-2019
Hi @MadeInGermany,

Thank you.


My preference is awk as my whole (learning) script is based on it.

Since I find perl is doing better job and clean as well, I would start digging it and learn more.

Yes, your two options worked well.

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--- Post updated at 11:04 AM ---

Hi All,

I found how to break line with sed in macOS bash.

This doesn't require to change line.


Code:
osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to get properties of every login item'| sed 's/, name:/\'$'\nname/g'

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# 16  
Old 12-23-2019
Good for you and happy learning!

BTW, I tried that solution you just posted and had trouble when testing; but I was in a rush coding other projects so I guess I missed it somehow, maybe misplaced the single quotes and dollar sign!

Good for you! Well done!!
# 17  
Old 12-23-2019
How about this awk approach?
Code:
awk '{gsub (/, name/, ORS "name")} 1' file

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# 18  
Old 12-24-2019
Quote:
Originally Posted by 7adi
Hi All,

I found how to break line with sed in macOS bash.

This doesn't require to change line.

Code:
osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to get properties of every login item'| sed 's/, name:/\'$'\nname/g'

This does not work as you need. You forgot to add the colon (:) back in the REGEX:

Code:
sed 's/, name:/\'$'\nname:/g'

So,
Code:
macos$ sed 's/, name:/\'$'\nname:/g' test.txt > a.txt

macos$ cat test.txt
name:Pages, path:/Applications/Pages.app, class:login item, kind:Application, hidden:false, name:Calculator, path:/System/Applications/Calculator.app, class:login item, kind:Application, hidden:true, name:Calendar, path:/System/Applications/Calendar.app, class:login item, kind:Application, hidden:false

macos$ cat a.txt
name:Pages, path:/Applications/Pages.app, class:login item, kind:Application, hidden:false
name:Calculator, path:/System/Applications/Calculator.app, class:login item, kind:Application, hidden:true
name:Calendar, path:/System/Applications/Calendar.app, class:login item, kind:Application, hidden:false

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# 19  
Old 12-24-2019
Hi RudiC,


Yes, it works. Don't know why I want loop, when there is so many other ways.


@Neo, yes semicolon was missed. Thank you for noticing it.


I will post new topic soon that I am struggling with.



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