#!/bin/bash
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#
# Two examples of how to display all "words" in
# in a file each on a separate line
#
# Author: Bill Kraynek
# Created on November 1, 2006
#
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file=$1
# This example uses sed
sed 's/[^A-Za-z]/\n/g' $file | sed /^$/d > words1; cat words1
# This example uses tr
tr -sc "a-zA-Z" "\n" < $file > words2; cat words2