Replace comma with new line in MacOS terminal bash shell script

Question

I'm trying to replace each comma with a new line.

e.g. when I do the following

echo abc,wer | sed 's/\,/\n/g'

I hope to get

abc
wer

However, I got

abcnwer

What did I do wrong?

Dang! It works as expected in GNU/Linux bash. Did you also try \\n? — ypnos, Apr 29 '20 at 11:52
Oh gosh... Why did my MacOS don't return the right result :( — Elye, Apr 29 '20 at 11:53
macOS is based on BSD behaviour. You can use `tr` here `echo abc,wer | tr , '\n'` — Mark Setchell, Apr 29 '20 at 11:57

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 29 '20 at 12:02

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Based on @MarkSetchell answer above, the below works.

echo abc,wer | tr , '\n'

answered Apr 29 '20 at 12:02

Elye

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