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by **Michael Wa** » Sat, 03 May 2003 02:58:12

I want

1old2old

to become

--- cut here ---
1
2
--- cut here ---

Not

--- cut here ---
1
2

--- cut here ---

which awk '{gsub("old","\n"); print}' will give.

How to resolve the problem? Thanks.
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by **Barry Margoli** » Sat, 03 May 2003 03:07:14

>I want

>1old2old

>to become

>--- cut here ---
>1
>2
>--- cut here ---

>Not

>--- cut here ---
>1
>2

>--- cut here ---

>which awk '{gsub("old","\n"); print}' will give.

>How to resolve the problem? Thanks.

The extra newline is because print prints a newline after printing the
line, but you also replaced "old" at the end of the line with a newline.
The solution is to delete a newline at the end of the line before printing:

awk '{gsub("old","\n"); sub("\n$", ""); print}'

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by **Kevin Rodger** » Sat, 03 May 2003 03:15:09

> I want

> 1old2old

> to become

> --- cut here ---
> 1
> 2
> --- cut here ---

> Not

> --- cut here ---
> 1
> 2

> --- cut here ---

> which awk '{gsub("old","\n"); print}' will give.

awk '{gsub("old","\n"); print}' | sed '$d'

awk '{gsub("old","\n"); printf("%s", $0)}'

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by **Stephane CHAZELA** » Sat, 03 May 2003 04:40:37

> I want

> 1old2old

> to become

> --- cut here ---
> 1
> 2
> --- cut here ---

$ echo 1old2old | awk RT RS=old
1
2
$

(you might need GNU awk).

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by **rakesh shar** » Sat, 03 May 2003 11:34:42

> I want

> 1old2old

> to become

> --- cut here ---
> 1
> 2
> --- cut here ---

> Not

> --- cut here ---
> 1
> 2

> --- cut here ---

> which awk '{gsub("old","\n"); print}' will give.

> How to resolve the problem? Thanks.

in the bourne shell:

echo '1old2old' |
sed -e 's/old/\
/g -e 's/\n$//'

in the c-shell:

echo '1old2old' |\
sed -e 's/old/\\
/g' -e 's/\n$//'

by **Bill Marcu** » Mon, 05 May 2003 08:59:53

On 1 May 2003 19:34:42 -0700, rakesh sharma

>> I want

>> 1old2old

>> to become

>> --- cut here ---
>> 1
>> 2
>> --- cut here ---

>> Not

>> --- cut here ---
>> 1
>> 2

>> --- cut here ---

>> which awk '{gsub("old","\n"); print}' will give.

>> How to resolve the problem? Thanks.

To be sure that the output ends with a newline, but only one newline:
awk '{gsub("old","\n");sub("\n*$",""); print}'

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