Multi-line output to single line

LinuxRacr · #1 (**permalink**) 02-25-2008

Hello,

How can I take the following output:

outputa
outputb
outputc

and turn it into single line ouput, with a single space between each field like below:

outputa outputb outputc

manikantants · #2 (**permalink**) 02-25-2008

presume this is the output from a script. You can change your script to display in the same line instead of printing in the newline.
Eg :-

echo "outputa\c "
echo "outputb\c "
echo "outputc"

'\c' in the above echo will make sure next echo to print in the same line.

ilan · #3 (**permalink**) 02-25-2008

correct, but you may have to use -e option with echo to get the \c interpreted.

-ilan

manikantants · #4 (**permalink**) 02-25-2008

am on solaris and using Bourne shell which doesn't require '-e' option

ilan · #5 (**permalink**) 02-25-2008

Mani, thanks again for correcting me; i am not much aware of Solaris.

Tytalus · #6 (**permalink**) 02-25-2008

have a look at the man page for tr.

What you probably want here is:

Code:

tr "\n" " " < infile

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