Re: sed awk question

* DENNIS BYRNE <asdcb1@uaa.alaska.edu> [2004-06-11 17:41 -0800]:
> let's say I have a file.
> BOFa\nb'pattern'd\ne'pattern'y\nzEOF
>
> I want to spilt this file at 'pattern', using something like :
> cat filename | sed s/'pattern'/EOF/
> [snip]
>
> suggestions?

Maybe try the command 'split' (man 1 split)?

I've used that with success in the past. I believe the -p option is the
one that you'll want.

HTH,

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