Application to place single space with % between each line

MasterC · 05-18-2003, 01:58 PM

Hello!
I have an odd question:
Is there an application that will take a text file with MANY (1000+) single line entries (quotes) and place a single blank line between each entry, and a % on that blank line?

For example (shortened):
Hello there
Hi
Well Hello
Yup

Would look like this:
Hello there
%
Hi
%
Well Hello
%
Yup

?
I am under the impression this is the format I need to add a file of quotes to fortune. If I am wrong, then how would I go about getting my 1000+ line quote file to be picked by fortune?

Thanks

Manish · 05-18-2003, 02:06 PM

try this:

Code:

awk '{ print; print "%"; }' myfile > output

MasterC · 05-18-2003, 02:16 PM

Worked great! Thank you very much

Cool