Hiya all,
i've been searching a long time now, but i still get no clue!
i would be very happy if you guys and gals could help me out.

***problem description:***
let's assume that i have a file with a path in it, say "/home/test", and now
i make an echo from that file and would like to delete the first slash, and
make a "newline" for the second.
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i already deleted the first / with " sed -e 's/\///'  " so the value of the
file is now "home/test"
now i would like to have a newline after home... so i'd like to replace the
"/" with a newline.
That should be the output:
home
test
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i already tried sed -e 's/\//\n/' , but that didn't work..... i really have
no clue anymore and would be happy if you could help me. it can be sed or
awk, i don't care.... it has just to work :)

Thanks for your help in advance.

Best regards,
Carisma

Try sed -e 's/\//\
/'

Chuck Demas
Needham, Mass.

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   >i already deleted the first / with " sed -e 's/\///'  " so the
   >value of the file is now "home/test"
   >now i would like to have a newline after home... so i'd like to
   >replace the "/" with a newline.
   >That should be the output:
   >home
   >test
   >-----
   >i already tried sed -e 's/\//\n/' , but that didn't work..... i
   >really have no clue anymore and would be happy if you could help me.
Use a real newline, not \n.  And you don't need to write \/ if you use a
character other than / as the separator.
sed 's:/:
:'

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thank you so much for mentioning that i can use an other character as
separator. that solved my problem, haven't found it anywhere else.

stefan