How to reformat text in a file to another direction?

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I have table in the current format: 



Lead:Arrow1:Arrow2:Arrow3
Follow:Arrow4:Arrow5:Arrow6:Arrow7:Arrow8:Arrow9


I want to turn this to the 



Lead
Arrow1
Arrow2
Arrow3
Follow
Arrow4
Arrow5
Arrow6
Arrow7
Arrow8
Arrow9


I tried awk:



$(awk -F":" '/Lead/ print NF-1' $f)
$(awk -F":" '/Follow/ print NF-1' $f)


but it didn't work. How can I do it in awk or any other method?






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    Possible duplicate of Print each field of CSV on newline without knowing number of fields
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I have table in the current format: 



Lead:Arrow1:Arrow2:Arrow3
Follow:Arrow4:Arrow5:Arrow6:Arrow7:Arrow8:Arrow9


I want to turn this to the 



Lead
Arrow1
Arrow2
Arrow3
Follow
Arrow4
Arrow5
Arrow6
Arrow7
Arrow8
Arrow9


I tried awk:



$(awk -F":" '/Lead/ print NF-1' $f)
$(awk -F":" '/Follow/ print NF-1' $f)


but it didn't work. How can I do it in awk or any other method?






awk text-formatting







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    Possible duplicate of Print each field of CSV on newline without knowing number of fields
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up vote
7
down vote

favorite











I have table in the current format: 



Lead:Arrow1:Arrow2:Arrow3
Follow:Arrow4:Arrow5:Arrow6:Arrow7:Arrow8:Arrow9


I want to turn this to the 



Lead
Arrow1
Arrow2
Arrow3
Follow
Arrow4
Arrow5
Arrow6
Arrow7
Arrow8
Arrow9


I tried awk:



$(awk -F":" '/Lead/ print NF-1' $f)
$(awk -F":" '/Follow/ print NF-1' $f)


but it didn't work. How can I do it in awk or any other method?






awk text-formatting







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I have table in the current format: 



Lead:Arrow1:Arrow2:Arrow3
Follow:Arrow4:Arrow5:Arrow6:Arrow7:Arrow8:Arrow9


I want to turn this to the 



Lead
Arrow1
Arrow2
Arrow3
Follow
Arrow4
Arrow5
Arrow6
Arrow7
Arrow8
Arrow9


I tried awk:



$(awk -F":" '/Lead/ print NF-1' $f)
$(awk -F":" '/Follow/ print NF-1' $f)


but it didn't work. How can I do it in awk or any other method?






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  • 3




    Possible duplicate of Print each field of CSV on newline without knowing number of fields
    – Î±Ò“sнιη
    8 hours ago












  • 3




    Possible duplicate of Print each field of CSV on newline without knowing number of fields
    – Î±Ò“sнιη
    8 hours ago







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Possible duplicate of Print each field of CSV on newline without knowing number of fields
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Possible duplicate of Print each field of CSV on newline without knowing number of fields
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You can use tr as follows:



<file tr ":" "n"

Lead
Arrow1
Arrow2
Arrow3
Follow
Arrow4
Arrow5
Arrow6
Arrow7
Arrow8
Arrow9


or awk as follows:



<file awk 'gsub(/:/,"n")1'
Lead
Arrow1
Arrow2
Arrow3
Follow
Arrow4
Arrow5
Arrow6
Arrow7
Arrow8
Arrow9





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    Nice, with GNU awk you could also write awk -v RS='[:n]' 1
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    7 hours ago

















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Another super-simple solution would be to convert the :s to spaces with sed, and then print the words with echo in a for loop:



for i in $(sed 's/:/ /g')
do
 echo $i
done


This script works from stdin to stdout.






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    You can use tr as follows:



    <file tr ":" "n"

    Lead
    Arrow1
    Arrow2
    Arrow3
    Follow
    Arrow4
    Arrow5
    Arrow6
    Arrow7
    Arrow8
    Arrow9


    or awk as follows:



    <file awk 'gsub(/:/,"n")1'
    Lead
    Arrow1
    Arrow2
    Arrow3
    Follow
    Arrow4
    Arrow5
    Arrow6
    Arrow7
    Arrow8
    Arrow9





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      Nice, with GNU awk you could also write awk -v RS='[:n]' 1
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    You can use tr as follows:



    <file tr ":" "n"

    Lead
    Arrow1
    Arrow2
    Arrow3
    Follow
    Arrow4
    Arrow5
    Arrow6
    Arrow7
    Arrow8
    Arrow9


    or awk as follows:



    <file awk 'gsub(/:/,"n")1'
    Lead
    Arrow1
    Arrow2
    Arrow3
    Follow
    Arrow4
    Arrow5
    Arrow6
    Arrow7
    Arrow8
    Arrow9





    share|improve this answer


















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      Nice, with GNU awk you could also write awk -v RS='[:n]' 1
      – user000001
      7 hours ago












    up vote
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    down vote



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    up vote
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    accepted






    You can use tr as follows:



    <file tr ":" "n"

    Lead
    Arrow1
    Arrow2
    Arrow3
    Follow
    Arrow4
    Arrow5
    Arrow6
    Arrow7
    Arrow8
    Arrow9


    or awk as follows:



    <file awk 'gsub(/:/,"n")1'
    Lead
    Arrow1
    Arrow2
    Arrow3
    Follow
    Arrow4
    Arrow5
    Arrow6
    Arrow7
    Arrow8
    Arrow9





    share|improve this answer














    You can use tr as follows:



    <file tr ":" "n"

    Lead
    Arrow1
    Arrow2
    Arrow3
    Follow
    Arrow4
    Arrow5
    Arrow6
    Arrow7
    Arrow8
    Arrow9


    or awk as follows:



    <file awk 'gsub(/:/,"n")1'
    Lead
    Arrow1
    Arrow2
    Arrow3
    Follow
    Arrow4
    Arrow5
    Arrow6
    Arrow7
    Arrow8
    Arrow9






    share|improve this answer














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      Nice, with GNU awk you could also write awk -v RS='[:n]' 1
      – user000001
      7 hours ago












    • 2




      Nice, with GNU awk you could also write awk -v RS='[:n]' 1
      – user000001
      7 hours ago







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    2




    Nice, with GNU awk you could also write awk -v RS='[:n]' 1
    – user000001
    7 hours ago




    Nice, with GNU awk you could also write awk -v RS='[:n]' 1
    – user000001
    7 hours ago












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    Another super-simple solution would be to convert the :s to spaces with sed, and then print the words with echo in a for loop:



    for i in $(sed 's/:/ /g')
    do
     echo $i
    done


    This script works from stdin to stdout.






    share|improve this answer
























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      Another super-simple solution would be to convert the :s to spaces with sed, and then print the words with echo in a for loop:



      for i in $(sed 's/:/ /g')
      do
       echo $i
      done


      This script works from stdin to stdout.






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        Another super-simple solution would be to convert the :s to spaces with sed, and then print the words with echo in a for loop:



        for i in $(sed 's/:/ /g')
        do
         echo $i
        done


        This script works from stdin to stdout.






        share|improve this answer












        Another super-simple solution would be to convert the :s to spaces with sed, and then print the words with echo in a for loop:



        for i in $(sed 's/:/ /g')
        do
         echo $i
        done


        This script works from stdin to stdout.







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