reading in file delimited with *

[dwcasey]

I have a huge, one line file. I need to delimit at every asterisk * and create a new line.

something like

5|12345 North Street|Smallville|KS|Bob|Smith|5552221212*5|12345 North Street|Smallville|KS|Bob|Smith|5552221212*5|12345 North Street|Smallville|KS|Bob|Smith|5552221212*5|12345 North Street|Smallville|KS|Bob|Smith|5552221212*

So that when I read in the file, if I hit an asterisk, I create a newline:

5|12345 North Street|Smallville|KS|Bob|Smith|5552221212*
5|12345 North Street|Smallville|KS|Bob|Smith|5552221212*
5|12345 North Street|Smallville|KS|Bob|Smith|5552221212*
5|12345 North Street|Smallville|KS|Bob|Smith|5552221212*

 

[PHV]

A starting point:
tr '*' '\n' </path/to/input >output

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[dwcasey]

Reply to my own post

tr '*' '\n' < file.txt > file.new