How to replace one character with two characters using tr

Question

Can tr replace one character with two characters?

I am trying to replace \"~\" with \"~\\n\" but the output does not produce the newline.

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Answer 1

no can do, sorry.

tr is meant to transliterate one character with another.

there are numerous options, but I would use awk, i.e.

echo "asdlksad ~ adlkajsd ~ 12345" | awk '{gsub(/[~]/, "&\n")};1'

output

asdlksad ~
 adlkajsd ~
 12345