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split text file in multiples text files

Hello, I Have a file text that looks like this 

number1.1   characters_string_1
number1.2   characters_string_2
number1.3   characters_string_3

number2.1   characters_string_1
number2.2   characters_string_2
number2.3   characters_string_3

number3.1   characters_string_1
number3.2   characters_string_2
number3.3   characters_string_3

and I would like to split this text file in multiple text files

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updated by anicet.ebou anicet.ebou • written by ulises.rodriguez • ulises.rodriguez

how do expect your 'multiple text files' to look like? Each line one file? Each column one file? There are so many options...

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written by Carambakaracho Carambakaracho

How about

man split

?

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written by 5heikki 5heikki

Your question needs a lot more information. In addition, it is not obvious how this is related to bioinformatics, which is required on Biostars. Please update your question and elaborate.

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written by WouterDeCoster WouterDeCoster

What is the expected output for this file? 3 files based on blank rows? or 3 files based on first column? Please clarify.

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written by zx8754 zx8754

if you want to save each line into a separate file,

cat file.txt | while read line; do echo $line > $line.txt ; done
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written by mbk0asis mbk0asis

Just a minor comment, but this will probably lead to unpleasant file names, especially since the OPs file has white space.

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written by Joe Joe

Hello ulises.rodriguez!

We believe that this post does not fit the main topic of this site.

Please tell us how this is related to bioinformatics.

For this reason we have closed your question. This allows us to keep the site focused on the topics that the community can help with.

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written by Ram Ram

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With a one-line bash script:

awk -v RS= '{print > ("output-" NR ".txt")}' file_name

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written by anicet.ebou anicet.ebou

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