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# 1  
Old 07-22-2015
Combine multiline to one line till a blank line
Hello,

I have a file as :-

Code:
ABC
DEF
GHI
JKL
<BlankLine>
MNO
PQR
STU
VWX
<BlankLine>
YZA

I need it as below:-

Code:
ABCDEFGHIJKL;
MNOPQRSTUVWX;
YZA;

thanks to provide the solution.

Regrads,
Jaskirat
Last edited by Don Cragun; 07-22-2015 at 09:44 PM.. Reason: Add CODE tags.
# 2  
Old 07-22-2015
Any attempt from your side?

---------- Post updated at 20:45 ---------- Previous update was at 20:44 ----------

Howsoever, try
Code:
awk 'NF {TMP=TMP $0; next} {print TMP ";"; TMP=""} END {print TMP ";"}' file3
ABCDEFGHIJKL;
MNOPQRSTUVWX;
YZA;

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# 3  
Old 07-22-2015
You could also try:
Code:
awk '{printf("%s", NF ? $0 : ";\n")}END{print ";"}' file

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# 4  
Old 07-23-2015
You may also try

Code:
[akshay@localhost tmp]$ cat file
ABC
DEF
GHI
JKL

MNO
PQR
STU
VWX

YZA

Code:
[akshay@localhost tmp]$ awk '!NF{print ";\n"}END{print ";\n"}1' ORS="" file
ABCDEFGHIJKL;
MNOPQRSTUVWX;
YZA;

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