One long line to many separate lines

[donstevens23]

Hi,
I'm quite new to Linux and Linux scripting and I would like to know how to deal with the following task:

I have a text file which consist one long row. Row is basically in xml syntax and may have lot of fields. Source example:

<data1>1a</data1><data2>2b</data2><data3>3c</data3>…<dataN>Nn</dataN>

Now I should populate the file so that every field in that long line goes into separate row. Result example:

<data1>1a</data1>
<data2>2b</data2>
<data3>3c</data3>
…
<dataN>Nn</dataN>


What might be the best way to receive the result above?

Thanks,
--
Don

[khafa]

hi,


with this you should be OK

sed -i 's/></>\n</g' file_name

[donstevens23]

Hi,
Thanks khafa! Today I work with Windows and I downloaded sed -software for Win. I run sed to make simple changes to example file and there were ok. For example code below worked perfectly:

sed -i "s/1a/AAA/g" file_name.txt

The "1a" was replaced with "AAA".

Then I had some problems with the code your kindly sent (little modified):

sed -i "s/></AAA/g" file_name.txt

When I run the code from above in command prompt it didn't replace "><" with "AAA". I tried some of this and some of that, but without success. Should "><" -chars in the pattern be used with some special characters?

Thanks again!

--
Don

[khafa]

When I run the code from above in command prompt it didn't replace "><" with "AAA". I tried some of this and some of that, but without success. Should "><" -chars in the pattern be used with some special characters?

Thanks again!

--
Don

hi,


I tested the above code with my Linux box before sending it. it works fine


Edit- notice that i used single quotation in my code while you are using double quotation in yours.

[donstevens23]

Hi,
Sorry, my mistake. Khafa's code works like it should.


--
Don

[khafa]

dont worry. welcome to the wonderful Linux world

[ghostdog74]

it might be better to consider situations like this: (spaces in between)
eg
<data1>1a</data1> <data2>2b</data2> <data3>3c</data3>…<dataN>Nn</dataN>

sed  's/> *</>\n</g' file

[scm]

Edit- notice that i used single quotation in my code while you are using double quotation in yours.

Doesn't make any difference with the patterns you're using.