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I have string like this:

Grades ABCDEF-123456

I want to split this string to two sections like this

Grades ABCDEF
Grades 123456

How can I do that in bash?

bash awk sed perl

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  Where does that string come from ? Is it stored in a variable or in a file ? Why tagging this bash if you want (per the title) to use sed, perl or awk ?
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I have string like this:

Grades ABCDEF-123456

I want to split this string to two sections like this

Grades ABCDEF
Grades 123456

How can I do that in bash?

bash awk sed perl

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  i have script for my study and i was unable to figure out how to split strings with the dash - which is pulling the letters and numbers together every time i tried to split it,
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I have string like this:

Grades ABCDEF-123456

I want to split this string to two sections like this

Grades ABCDEF
Grades 123456

How can I do that in bash?

bash awk sed perl

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I have string like this:

Grades ABCDEF-123456

I want to split this string to two sections like this

Grades ABCDEF
Grades 123456

How can I do that in bash?

bash awk sed perl

bash awk sed perl

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  Where does that string come from ? Is it stored in a variable or in a file ? Why tagging this bash if you want (per the title) to use sed, perl or awk ?
  – don_crissti
  3 hours ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  i have script for my study and i was unable to figure out how to split strings with the dash - which is pulling the letters and numbers together every time i tried to split it,
  – Sincerity
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  whatever you say buddy...
  – don_crissti
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  what do you mean?
  – Sincerity
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

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  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Where does that string come from ? Is it stored in a variable or in a file ? Why tagging this bash if you want (per the title) to use sed, perl or awk ?
  – don_crissti
  3 hours ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  i have script for my study and i was unable to figure out how to split strings with the dash - which is pulling the letters and numbers together every time i tried to split it,
  – Sincerity
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  whatever you say buddy...
  – don_crissti
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  what do you mean?
  – Sincerity
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

1

1

Where does that string come from ? Is it stored in a variable or in a file ? Why tagging this bash if you want (per the title) to use sed, perl or awk ?
– don_crissti
3 hours ago

Where does that string come from ? Is it stored in a variable or in a file ? Why tagging this bash if you want (per the title) to use sed, perl or awk ?
– don_crissti
3 hours ago

i have script for my study and i was unable to figure out how to split strings with the dash - which is pulling the letters and numbers together every time i tried to split it,
– Sincerity
2 hours ago

i have script for my study and i was unable to figure out how to split strings with the dash - which is pulling the letters and numbers together every time i tried to split it,
– Sincerity
2 hours ago

1

1

whatever you say buddy...
– don_crissti
2 hours ago

whatever you say buddy...
– don_crissti
2 hours ago

what do you mean?
– Sincerity
2 hours ago

what do you mean?
– Sincerity
2 hours ago

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echo Grades "ABCDE-12345" | sed 's/-/ /g' | awk ' print $1" "$2"n"$1" "$3'
Grades ABCDE
Grades 12345

or per @steeldriver

awk -F'[ -]' 'print $1, $2; print $1, $3'

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Goro

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  There's really no need for sed here - just set the FS to include - i.e. awk -F'[ -]' 'print $1, $2; print $1, $3'
  – steeldriver
  3 hours ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


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  @ steeldriver thanks!
  – Goro
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  thank you for the quick answer
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You can do this entirely in your shell, too:

text="Grades ABCDEF-123456"

Split off the leading text. You could capture it if required, but here we'll just discard it:

grades="$text#* "

Now we could extract the two parts as variables but for now we'll just print them:

echo "Grades $grades%-*"
echo "Grades $grades#*-"

You can also crash these together into a single output statement, but I don't think it's as readable (even if printf is safer than echo for certain classes of text):

printf "Grades %snGrades %sn" "$grades%-*" "$grades#*-"

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answered 2 hours ago

roaima

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You can do it by replacing the dash with a newline followed by the first field:

perl -alpe 's/-/n$F[0] /' 

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echo Grades "ABCDE-12345" | sed 's/-/ /g' | awk ' print $1" "$2"n"$1" "$3'
Grades ABCDE
Grades 12345

or per @steeldriver

awk -F'[ -]' 'print $1, $2; print $1, $3'

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edited 2 hours ago

answered 3 hours ago

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  There's really no need for sed here - just set the FS to include - i.e. awk -F'[ -]' 'print $1, $2; print $1, $3'
  – steeldriver
  3 hours ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @ steeldriver thanks!
  – Goro
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  thank you for the quick answer
  – Sincerity
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2
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accepted

echo Grades "ABCDE-12345" | sed 's/-/ /g' | awk ' print $1" "$2"n"$1" "$3'
Grades ABCDE
Grades 12345

or per @steeldriver

awk -F'[ -]' 'print $1, $2; print $1, $3'

share|improve this answer

edited 2 hours ago

answered 3 hours ago

Goro

7,55753371

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  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  There's really no need for sed here - just set the FS to include - i.e. awk -F'[ -]' 'print $1, $2; print $1, $3'
  – steeldriver
  3 hours ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @ steeldriver thanks!
  – Goro
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  thank you for the quick answer
  – Sincerity
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

up vote
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accepted

up vote
2
down vote



accepted

echo Grades "ABCDE-12345" | sed 's/-/ /g' | awk ' print $1" "$2"n"$1" "$3'
Grades ABCDE
Grades 12345

or per @steeldriver

awk -F'[ -]' 'print $1, $2; print $1, $3'

share|improve this answer

edited 2 hours ago

answered 3 hours ago

Goro

7,55753371

echo Grades "ABCDE-12345" | sed 's/-/ /g' | awk ' print $1" "$2"n"$1" "$3'
Grades ABCDE
Grades 12345

or per @steeldriver

awk -F'[ -]' 'print $1, $2; print $1, $3'

share|improve this answer

edited 2 hours ago

answered 3 hours ago

Goro

7,55753371

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edited 2 hours ago

edited 2 hours ago

edited 2 hours ago

answered 3 hours ago

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answered 3 hours ago

Goro

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answered 3 hours ago

Goro

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7,55753371

• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  There's really no need for sed here - just set the FS to include - i.e. awk -F'[ -]' 'print $1, $2; print $1, $3'
  – steeldriver
  3 hours ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @ steeldriver thanks!
  – Goro
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  thank you for the quick answer
  – Sincerity
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  There's really no need for sed here - just set the FS to include - i.e. awk -F'[ -]' 'print $1, $2; print $1, $3'
  – steeldriver
  3 hours ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @ steeldriver thanks!
  – Goro
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  thank you for the quick answer
  – Sincerity
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

2

2

There's really no need for sed here - just set the FS to include - i.e. awk -F'[ -]' 'print $1, $2; print $1, $3'
– steeldriver
3 hours ago

There's really no need for sed here - just set the FS to include - i.e. awk -F'[ -]' 'print $1, $2; print $1, $3'
– steeldriver
3 hours ago

@ steeldriver thanks!
– Goro
2 hours ago

@ steeldriver thanks!
– Goro
2 hours ago

thank you for the quick answer
– Sincerity
2 hours ago

thank you for the quick answer
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2 hours ago

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up vote
2
down vote

You can do this entirely in your shell, too:

text="Grades ABCDEF-123456"

Split off the leading text. You could capture it if required, but here we'll just discard it:

grades="$text#* "

Now we could extract the two parts as variables but for now we'll just print them:

echo "Grades $grades%-*"
echo "Grades $grades#*-"

You can also crash these together into a single output statement, but I don't think it's as readable (even if printf is safer than echo for certain classes of text):

printf "Grades %snGrades %sn" "$grades%-*" "$grades#*-"

share|improve this answer

answered 2 hours ago

roaima

41k547111

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up vote
2
down vote

You can do this entirely in your shell, too:

text="Grades ABCDEF-123456"

Split off the leading text. You could capture it if required, but here we'll just discard it:

grades="$text#* "

Now we could extract the two parts as variables but for now we'll just print them:

echo "Grades $grades%-*"
echo "Grades $grades#*-"

You can also crash these together into a single output statement, but I don't think it's as readable (even if printf is safer than echo for certain classes of text):

printf "Grades %snGrades %sn" "$grades%-*" "$grades#*-"

share|improve this answer

answered 2 hours ago

roaima

41k547111

add a comment | 

up vote
2
down vote

up vote
2
down vote

You can do this entirely in your shell, too:

text="Grades ABCDEF-123456"

Split off the leading text. You could capture it if required, but here we'll just discard it:

grades="$text#* "

Now we could extract the two parts as variables but for now we'll just print them:

echo "Grades $grades%-*"
echo "Grades $grades#*-"

You can also crash these together into a single output statement, but I don't think it's as readable (even if printf is safer than echo for certain classes of text):

printf "Grades %snGrades %sn" "$grades%-*" "$grades#*-"

share|improve this answer

answered 2 hours ago

roaima

41k547111

You can do this entirely in your shell, too:

text="Grades ABCDEF-123456"

Split off the leading text. You could capture it if required, but here we'll just discard it:

grades="$text#* "

Now we could extract the two parts as variables but for now we'll just print them:

echo "Grades $grades%-*"
echo "Grades $grades#*-"

You can also crash these together into a single output statement, but I don't think it's as readable (even if printf is safer than echo for certain classes of text):

printf "Grades %snGrades %sn" "$grades%-*" "$grades#*-"

share|improve this answer

answered 2 hours ago

roaima

41k547111

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answered 2 hours ago

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up vote
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down vote

You can do it by replacing the dash with a newline followed by the first field:

perl -alpe 's/-/n$F[0] /' 

share|improve this answer

answered 47 mins ago

Rakesh Sharma

217113

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up vote
1
down vote

You can do it by replacing the dash with a newline followed by the first field:

perl -alpe 's/-/n$F[0] /' 

share|improve this answer

answered 47 mins ago

Rakesh Sharma

217113

add a comment | 

up vote
1
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up vote
1
down vote

You can do it by replacing the dash with a newline followed by the first field:

perl -alpe 's/-/n$F[0] /' 

share|improve this answer

answered 47 mins ago

Rakesh Sharma

217113

You can do it by replacing the dash with a newline followed by the first field:

perl -alpe 's/-/n$F[0] /' 

share|improve this answer

answered 47 mins ago

Rakesh Sharma

217113

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answered 47 mins ago

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217113

answered 47 mins ago

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answered 47 mins ago

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217113

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