Unix Linux Shell To Add Delim With SED And Cut

The following shell script shows how * Use At Own Risk
cat text_delim.sh
#!/bin/sh
FILE=$1
# pass file names as args
# pass unique string or hardcode
#
UNIQUE='url=http'
#
if [ -z "$FILE" ]; then
        exit;
fi;
# $UNIQUE is replaced with '| url=http' in loop below
#
for LINE in `sed "s/ /$UNIQUE/g" $FILE`; do
        LINE=`echo $LINE | sed "s/$UNIQUE/ | url=http/g"`;
        echo $LINE;
done;
# cut delim | field 2 and output to test2 file below
cut –d'|' -f2 test1 > test2
exit;
To run The following shell script enter
sh text_delim.sh test > test1
* this will use file test as input and create test1 and test2 as output *