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jhwilliams

06-08-2007 01:55 PM

sed insert newline character

Is there any way to add a newline character with sed? If not sed, another utility?

I would like to do something like

Code:

echo "word1a word2a " | sed 's|a |\n|'

but the above doesn't actually add a newline.

druuna

06-08-2007 02:03 PM

Hi,

What did you actually try? It does work on my box:

Code:

$ echo "word1a word2a "

word1a word2a 

$ echo "word1a word2a " | sed 's|a |\n|'

word1

word2a 

$

Marsolin

06-08-2007 02:12 PM

Where do you want the newline? Between the words or somewhere else?

forrestt

06-08-2007 02:20 PM

What is wrong with just doing:

Code:

echo "word1\nword2\n"

jhwilliams

06-08-2007 02:52 PM

Quote:

What did you actually try? It does work on my box:

Fancy that. Yea... sorry, it works on my box too. I guess what I meant to ask was how to get future instances to be replaced too... like the second a. Thanks

druuna

06-08-2007 03:11 PM

Hi,

You make it a global search and replace:

echo "word1a word2a " | sed 's|a |\n|g'

Code:

$ echo "word1a word2a " | sed 's|a |\n|g'

word1

word2a 



$

Hope this helps.

forrestt

06-08-2007 03:13 PM

You need a "g" for it to globally replace the string.

Code:

echo 'word1a word2a ' | sed 's|a |\n|g'

Edited: Well, it looks like druuna beat me to it.

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