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# 1  
Old 08-13-2013
Splitting data into new records
Hi,
My file is seperated with ";" delimiter, after 13 delimiter i want to put the data in new line...

eg:
My current file:-
a;b;c;d;e;f;g;h;e;f;h;s;t;a;i;o;q;t;q;r;yu;f;sz;f;t;r...........

i want o/p as:-

a;b;c;d;e;f;g;h;e;f;h;s;t
a;i;o;q;t;q;r;yu;f;sz;f;t;r

How to achieve ths,
Please help me out in this...let me know if require any other info
thanks,
# 2  
Old 08-13-2013
Code:
awk -F";" '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++) {if(i%13==0) {L=L$i"\n"} else {L=L$i";"}}} END{print L}'  file

# 3  
Old 08-13-2013
Code:
sed 's/;/\n/13' infile

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