Separate lines in a single '|' separated line

hidnana · #1 (**permalink**) 03-17-2008

jim mcnamara · #2 (**permalink**) 03-17-2008

one way

Code:

tr -s '\n' '|' < inputfile | sed 's/|$//' > newfile

radoulov · #3 (**permalink**) 03-17-2008

Another:

Code:

paste -sd\| file

aajan · #4 (**permalink**) 03-17-2008

Hope this should work !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AWk:

cat filename | awk '{printf "%s|",$0}'

or more simpler one using tr command

cat filename | tr '\n' '|'

Regards,
aajan

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