UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

$ sed -n '/Online$/{
N
s/\n/ /g
p
d}' filename

awk 'NR%2?ORS=FS:ORS=RS' file

sed -n '/Online$/{N;s/\n/ /g;p;d}' test

sed '/Online$/N;s/\n/ /p;d' test

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# @(#) s1       Demonstrate paste for merging from STDIN.

echo
set +o nounset
LC_ALL=C ; LANG=C ; export LC_ALL LANG
echo "Environment: LC_ALL = $LC_ALL, LANG = $LANG"
echo "(Versions displayed with local utility \"version\")"
version >/dev/null 2>&1 && version "=o" $(_eat $0 $1) paste
set -o nounset
echo

FILE=${1-data1}

echo " Data file $FILE:"
cat $FILE

echo
echo " Results:"
paste -d" " - - < $FILE

exit 0

% ./s1

Environment: LC_ALL = C, LANG = C
(Versions displayed with local utility "version")
OS, ker|rel, machine: Linux, 2.6.11-x1, i686
Distribution        : Xandros Desktop 3.0.3 Business
GNU bash 2.05b.0
paste (coreutils) 5.2.1

 Data file data1:
crmplp1 cmis461 No Online
cmis462 No Offline
crmplp2 cmis462 No Online
cmis463 No Offline
crmplp3 cmis463 No Online
cmis461 No Offline

 Results:
crmplp1 cmis461 No Online cmis462 No Offline
crmplp2 cmis462 No Online cmis463 No Offline
crmplp3 cmis463 No Online cmis461 No Offline