Split Text and Join Lines
Split text on a comma or any delimiter into one item per line, or join lines with a delimiter, with trimming, empty-item removal and quoting.
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Input
Split text by a delimiter or join lines
Output
One per line
5 items
In a shell: tr ',' '\n' < file splits, and paste -sd, file joins lines with commas. An empty delimiter splits into single characters, by code point, so an emoji stays whole.
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About this tool
Method, assumptions, practical next steps, and limits.
Everyday conversions
A comma-separated list from a config value into lines to sort and dedupe; a column copied from a spreadsheet into a quoted, comma-separated list for code; hostnames into a space-separated list for a loop. For SQL IN clauses and language-specific arrays, the list converter writes the exact syntax.
In a shell
tr ',' '\n' < file splits on commas, and paste -sd, file joins lines with commas.
