Remove line feeds - Page 2 - Shell Programming and Scripting

kemisola · #8 06-16-2005

awk ' {
printf $0
while (length ($0) && substr ($0, length ($0), 1) != "E") {
getline; printf $0
}
if (length ($0) == 0) print "E"; else print ""
}' infile > outfile

r2007 · #9 06-16-2005

gnu sed

Code:

sed -e ':a' -e 's/\r//g; /[^E]$/{N; s/\n//; ta}'

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