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Old 01-23-2014
Linux Need support to frame the output in line by line
Hi

I run the command "x" and the output looks like this
Code:
a;b;c;d;e;f;g;h;i;j;k;l;

but how can i get the output as below
Code:
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h


pleae help me in this...
Last edited by vbe; 01-23-2014 at 05:22 AM..
# 2  
Old 01-23-2014
Hello,

Following 2 codes may help you in same.

1st:
Code:
awk -F";" '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++) print $i}' OFS="\n" file_name | grep -v '^$'

2nd:
Code:
cat file_name | tr ';' '\n' |  grep -v '^$'

Output will be as follows in both conditions.

Code:
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l


Thanks,
R. Singh
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# 3  
Old 01-23-2014
really thank you very much ...
# 4  
Old 01-23-2014
Code:
$ echo "a;b;c;d;e;f;g;h;i;j;k;l;" | awk '1' RS=\;

# 5  
Old 01-23-2014
Another approach:
Code:
awk 'gsub(";","\n")' file

 
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