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Split one file into multiple files based on delimiter

Asked 2012-07-03T15:07:02.837
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I have one file with -| as delimiter after each section...need to create separate files for each section using unix.

example of input file

wertretr
ewretrtret
1212132323
000232
-|
ereteertetet
232434234
erewesdfsfsfs
0234342343
-|
jdhg3875jdfsgfd
sjdhfdbfjds
347674657435
-|

Expected result in File 1

wertretr
ewretrtret
1212132323
000232
-|

Expected result in File 2

ereteertetet
232434234
erewesdfsfsfs
0234342343
-|

Expected result in File 3

jdhg3875jdfsgfd
sjdhfdbfjds
347674657435
-|
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awk '{f="file" NR; print $0 " -|"> f}' RS='-\\|'  input-file

Explanation (edited):

RS is the record separator, and this solution uses a gnu awk extension which allows it to be more than one character. NR is the record number.

The print statement prints a record followed by " -|" into a file that contains the record number in its name.

answered 2012-07-03T16:04:39.550

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