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Hi All,
I have a input file say FILEA.

FILEA
--------
empid1
sal1
location1
manager1
empid2
sal2
location2
manager2
empid3
sal3
location3
manager3
.
.
.

the output file (FILEB) should look like:

FILEB
---------
empid1,sal1,location1,manager1
empid2,sal2,location2,manager2
empid3,sal3,location3,manager3
.
.
.

Please help me in this regard

Thanks in advance...
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 awk '/empid/ && NR>1{ print "";}{printf "%s ",$0}' file
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xargs -n4 < infile | sed 's/ /,/g'
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