given below will work except tab at beginning. echo "Hello, how are you doing today?" | tr -s " " "\n"
Thanks, Mahaveer +91 9052000707 On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 12:33 AM, eatsubway <koski...@gmail.com> wrote: > > hello, i have a simple question. I have a string which i would like to > format by replacing spaces with newlines and tabs, and also adding a tab to > the beginning. > > the variable... > MyVar="Hello, how are you doing today?" > I would like to print this.... > > Hello, > how > are > you > doing > today? > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/string-format-tp25531252p25531252.html > Sent from the Gnu - Bash mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > > -- Thanks, Mahaveer