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Old 10-04-2010
By using AWK can I convert matrice shaped data to a row ?
Hello,

I have output in the matrice form , for example:

1 2 3 4
a b c d
jim joe sue tom


how can I convert this line-column data into a row as follows

1 2 3 4 a b c d jim joe sue tom



thank you
# 2  
Old 10-04-2010
Code:
tr '\n' ' ' < infile

Code:
awk '$1=$1' RS= infile

# 3  
Old 10-04-2010
Try this,
Code:
paste -s inputfile

# 4  
Old 10-04-2010
Code:
xargs < infile

# 5  
Old 10-04-2010
thank you all, I am trying the codes
# 6  
Old 10-04-2010
Code:
$ ruby -00 -ne 'puts $_.split.join(" ")' file
1 2 3 4 a b c d jim joe sue tom

# 7  
Old 10-05-2010
Pravin, Scrutinizer and Kurumi thank you very much... Is it possible to convert it to a column data like:

1
2
3
4
a
b
.
.
.

best regards
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