How to split a line into words in Linux ?

By Saket Jain Published February 3, 2018 Linux/Unix

Today we will look at an interesting article to know how to split a line into words using extended grep command.

Splitting a Line into Words

[root@nglinux ~]# echo "Welcome to NGELinux.com, have you tried NGEL" | egrep -o "\w+"
Welcome
to
NGELinux
com
have
you
tried
NGEL
[root@nglinux ~]#

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Saket Jain is a GNU/Linux sysadmin from Alwar, Rajasthan, India. He works for a worldwide leading consumer product company and takes great pleasure on working with Linux Internals alongwith using FOSS tools to increase productivity in all areas of his daily work.

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1. He derived NGEL from Centos.
2. Created delete, undelete and deleteperm command.
3. Has more than 8 Years of experience in Linux/Unix System administration and consultation.
4. Certified Yoga Trainer under Govt. of India.
5. Limca Book of Record Certificate Holder in 2012
6. Author of the book "Unix Administration Quick Guide"
7. ITIL 2011 Foundation Certified, and RHCE Certified under RHEL5,6, and 7.
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