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I have text file contain strings like this 



abc,def,ghi,jkl,mno,pqr,stu,wxyz


I want to make it like this



1.abc
2.def
3.ghi
4.jkl
5.mno
6.pqr
7.stu
8.wxyz


how can i do that using sed?






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    I have text file contain strings like this 



    abc,def,ghi,jkl,mno,pqr,stu,wxyz


    I want to make it like this



    1.abc
    2.def
    3.ghi
    4.jkl
    5.mno
    6.pqr
    7.stu
    8.wxyz


    how can i do that using sed?






    sed







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      I have text file contain strings like this 



      abc,def,ghi,jkl,mno,pqr,stu,wxyz


      I want to make it like this



      1.abc
      2.def
      3.ghi
      4.jkl
      5.mno
      6.pqr
      7.stu
      8.wxyz


      how can i do that using sed?






      sed







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      I have text file contain strings like this 



      abc,def,ghi,jkl,mno,pqr,stu,wxyz


      I want to make it like this



      1.abc
      2.def
      3.ghi
      4.jkl
      5.mno
      6.pqr
      7.stu
      8.wxyz


      how can i do that using sed?






      sed




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          You can do this 



          echo abc,def,ghi,jkl,mno,pqr,stu,wxyz | sed 's/,/n/g' | nl -s "."

           1.abc
           2.def
           3.ghi
           4.jkl
           5.mno
           6.pqr
           7.stu
           8.wxyz





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            cool +1. Didn't know about nl. Add -w 1 to nl to get the desired output.
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          You can use GNU awk:



          awk -v RS=',|n' 'printf "%s.%sn",NR,$0' <<< "abc,def,ghi,jkl,mno,pqr,stu,wxyz"





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            You can do this 



            echo abc,def,ghi,jkl,mno,pqr,stu,wxyz | sed 's/,/n/g' | nl -s "."

             1.abc
             2.def
             3.ghi
             4.jkl
             5.mno
             6.pqr
             7.stu
             8.wxyz





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              cool +1. Didn't know about nl. Add -w 1 to nl to get the desired output.
              – RoVo
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            You can do this 



            echo abc,def,ghi,jkl,mno,pqr,stu,wxyz | sed 's/,/n/g' | nl -s "."

             1.abc
             2.def
             3.ghi
             4.jkl
             5.mno
             6.pqr
             7.stu
             8.wxyz





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              cool +1. Didn't know about nl. Add -w 1 to nl to get the desired output.
              – RoVo
              22 mins ago













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            You can do this 



            echo abc,def,ghi,jkl,mno,pqr,stu,wxyz | sed 's/,/n/g' | nl -s "."

             1.abc
             2.def
             3.ghi
             4.jkl
             5.mno
             6.pqr
             7.stu
             8.wxyz





            share|improve this answer












            You can do this 



            echo abc,def,ghi,jkl,mno,pqr,stu,wxyz | sed 's/,/n/g' | nl -s "."

             1.abc
             2.def
             3.ghi
             4.jkl
             5.mno
             6.pqr
             7.stu
             8.wxyz






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              cool +1. Didn't know about nl. Add -w 1 to nl to get the desired output.
              – RoVo
              22 mins ago













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              cool +1. Didn't know about nl. Add -w 1 to nl to get the desired output.
              – RoVo
              22 mins ago








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            cool +1. Didn't know about nl. Add -w 1 to nl to get the desired output.
            – RoVo
            22 mins ago





            cool +1. Didn't know about nl. Add -w 1 to nl to get the desired output.
            – RoVo
            22 mins ago













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            You can use GNU awk:



            awk -v RS=',|n' 'printf "%s.%sn",NR,$0' <<< "abc,def,ghi,jkl,mno,pqr,stu,wxyz"





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              You can use GNU awk:



              awk -v RS=',|n' 'printf "%s.%sn",NR,$0' <<< "abc,def,ghi,jkl,mno,pqr,stu,wxyz"





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                You can use GNU awk:



                awk -v RS=',|n' 'printf "%s.%sn",NR,$0' <<< "abc,def,ghi,jkl,mno,pqr,stu,wxyz"





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                You can use GNU awk:



                awk -v RS=',|n' 'printf "%s.%sn",NR,$0' <<< "abc,def,ghi,jkl,mno,pqr,stu,wxyz"






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