inserting a carriage return to a text file from a unix shell script

[edwardb15]

i am writing a bourne shell script to append to each line in a text file a return character (new line) then followed by 'go'

using:

#!/bin/sh
cat ${format_file_name}.out | /bin/sed -e 's/$/^Mgo/g' > junk.lst

example of row in file ${format_file_name}.out:
table1
table2
table3

using <ctrl v><ctrl M> for the return character.

whats happening to output file junk.lst is
table1^Mgo
table2^Mgo
table3^Mgo

wanting to achieve:
table1
go
table2
go
table3
go

not inserting a new row. any help would be appreciated.
thanks.

 

[vgersh99]

sed 'G;s/\n/&go/' ${format_file_name}.out > junk.lst

vlad
+----------------------------+
| #include<disclaimer.h> |
+----------------------------+

 

[PHV]

The awk way:
awk '
$0!="go"{print;print "go"}
'${format_file_name}.out > junk.lst

Hope This Help, PH.
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