UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I first tried something like Rubin, but I could not get it to work, but his does work, so I would go with that over my own post.

Hi All,

I tried whatever the solutions given previously, it doesn't give me the proper output.

Input file: ( For eg. I am give 5 rows but my file contains 700 rows)
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Aberdeen Centre [Blks A-U & CP] Aberdeen The Ming An Ins Co (HK) Ltd
Academic Terrace [Towers 1-3] "101 Pokfulam Road, HK" Zurich Insurance Co Ltd
Academic Terrace [Car Park Portion] "102 Pokfulam Road, HK" Concord Insurance Co Ltd
Admiralty Centre [Towers I & II] MTRC Property Zurich Insurance Co Ltd
"Aegean Coast [Blks 1-3, 5-8 & CP]" So Kwun Wat Sun Hung Kai Properites Ins Ltd


1st column value is : Aberdeen Centre [Blks A-U & CP]
2nd column value is : Aberdeen
3rd column value is : The Ming An Ins Co (HK) Ltd

Like this each and every row has the values in the file.

Expected output is:
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Aberdeen Centre [Blks A-U & CP]
Aberdeen
The Ming An Ins Co (HK) Ltd

Academic Terrace [Towers 1-3]
"101 Pokfulam Road, HK"
Zurich Insurance Co Ltd

Like this i want to separate each field of the every row.

Please somebody help me on this.

Thanks in advance.

Perhaps

Code:

awk -F'   +' '{printf"%s\n%s\n%s\n\n",$1,$2,$3}' file

but this is still assuming the original code format and not the most recent example.

Hi,

I tried that but it is giving me output in the same line only.
i.e., all the three fields are printed in the same line.
I want to split each field to new line.
How can i do that?

Thanks in advance.

"Aegean Coast [Blks 1-3, 5-8 & CP]" So Kwun Wat Sun Hung Kai Properites Ins Ltd
in this line which is first,second and third field??

Hi vidyadhar85,

1st field is : "Aegean Coast [Blks 1-3, 5-8 & CP]"
2nd field is : So Kwun Wat
3rd filed is : Sun Hung Kai Properites Ins Ltd

dear vinsara,

your file pattern is different in every single line so i don't think it can be seperated easily..
anyways i am working on that...