vi command in shell script

bryan · #1 (**permalink**) 05-23-2006

I need to delete all the new lines in a file.
so, in vi, I would use
:1,$s/\n//g and then save the file.

How can I achieve this in command line? thanks

Sheetal · #2 (**permalink**) 05-23-2006

Will this help
cat filename|grep -v '^$'

You can forward this result to another file ....
cat filename|grep -v '^$' > filename2

reborg · #3 (**permalink**) 05-23-2006

Code:

tr -d '\n' < file > newfile

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