01-25-2011
Merging lines
Hi folks.
Could somebody help me write a script or command that will look through a file and for every line that doesn't contain a certain value, merge it with the one above?
For example, the file contains:
SCOTLAND|123|ABC|yes
SCOTLAND|456|DEF|yes
SCOTLAND|78
9|GHI|yes
SCOTLAND|101|JKL|yes
SCOTLA
ND|112|M
NO|yes
SCOTLAND|131|PQR|yes
SCOTLAND|415|STU|yes
SCOTLAND|161|VWX|yes
I need to have all the lines merged so each line starts with SCOTLAND:
SCOTLAND|123|ABC|yes
SCOTLAND|456|DEF|yes
SCOTLAND|789|GHI|yes
SCOTLAND|101|JKL|yes
SCOTLAND|112|MNO|yes
SCOTLAND|131|PQR|yes
SCOTLAND|415|STU|yes
SCOTLAND|161|VWX|yes
Is this possible?
The file I receive has ^M at the end of each records 'yes' value, but for some reason the lines are splitting up - could this be 'line feeds'?
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ascii(5) File Formats Manual ascii(5)
NAME
ascii - Octal, hexadecimal, and decimal ASCII character sets
DESCRIPTION
The octal character set is:
000 nul 020 dle 040 sp 060 0 100 @ 120 P 140 ` 160 p 001 soh 021 dc1 041 ! 061 1 101 A 121 Q 141 a 161 q
002 stx 022 dc2 042 " 062 2 102 B 122 R 142 b 162 r 003 etx 023 dc3 043 # 063 3 103 C 123 S 143 c 163 s
004 eot 024 dc4 044 $ 064 4 104 D 124 T 144 d 164 t 005 enq 025 nak 045 % 065 5 105 E 125 U 145 e 165 u
006 ack 026 syn 046 & 066 6 106 F 126 V 146 f 166 v 007 bel 027 etb 047 ' 067 7 107 G 127 W 147 g 167 w
010 bs 030 can 050 ( 070 8 110 H 130 X 150 h 170 x 011 ht 031 em 051 ) 071 9 111 I 131 Y 151 i 171 y
012 nl 032 sub 052 * 072 : 112 J 132 Z 152 j 172 z 013 vt 033 esc 053 + 073 ; 113 K 133 [ 153 k 173 {
014 np 034 fs 054 , 074 < 114 L 134 154 l 174 | 015 cr 035 gs 055 - 075 = 115 M 135 ] 155 m 175 }
016 so 036 rs 056 . 076 > 116 N 136 ^ 156 n 176 ~ 017 si 037 us 057 / 077 ? 117 O 137 _ 157 o 177 del
The hexadecimal character set is:
00 nul 10 dle 20 sp 30 0 40 @ 50 P 60 ` 70 p
01 soh 11 dc1 21 ! 31 1 41 A 51 Q 61 a 71 q
02 stx 12 dc2 22 " 32 2 42 B 52 R 62 b 72 r
03 etx 13 dc3 23 # 33 3 43 C 53 S 63 c 73 s
04 eot 14 dc4 24 $ 34 4 44 D 54 T 64 d 74 t
05 enq 15 nak 25 % 35 5 45 E 55 U 65 e 75 u
06 ack 16 syn 26 & 36 6 46 F 56 V 66 f 76 v
07 bel 17 etb 27 ' 37 7 47 G 57 W 67 g 77 w
08 bs 18 can 28 ( 38 8 48 H 58 X 68 h 78 x
09 ht 19 em 29 ) 39 9 49 I 59 Y 69 i 79 y
0a nl 1a sub 2a * 3a : 4a J 5a Z 6a j 7a z
0b vt 1b esc 2b + 3b ; 4b K 5b [ 6b k 7b {
0c np 1c fs 2c , 3c < 4c L 5c 6c l 7c |
0d cr 1d gs 2d - 3d = 4d M 5d ] 6d m 7d }
0e so 1e rs 2e . 3e > 4e N 5e ^ 6e n 7e ~
0f si 1f us 2f / 3f ? 4f O 5f _ 6f o 7f del
The decimal character set is:
0 nul 16 dle 32 sp 48 0 64 @ 80 P 96 ` 112 p
1 soh 17 dc1 33 ! 49 1 65 A 81 Q 97 a 113 q
2 stx 18 dc2 34 " 50 2 66 B 82 R 98 b 114 r
3 etx 19 dc3 35 # 51 3 67 C 83 S 99 c 115 s
4 eot 20 dc4 36 $ 52 4 68 D 84 T 100 d 116 t
5 enq 21 nak 37 % 53 5 69 E 85 U 101 e 117 u
6 ack 22 syn 38 & 54 6 70 F 86 V 102 f 118 v
7 bel 23 etb 39 ' 55 7 71 G 87 W 103 g 119 w
8 bs 24 can 40 ( 56 8 72 H 88 X 104 h 120 x
9 ht 25 em 41 ) 57 9 73 I 89 Y 105 i 121 y
10 nl 26 sub 42 * 58 : 74 J 90 Z 106 j 122 z
11 vt 27 esc 43 + 59 ; 75 K 91 [ 107 k 123 {
12 np 28 fs 44 , 60 < 76 L 92 108 l 124 |
13 cr 29 gs 45 - 61 = 77 M 93 ] 109 m 125 }
14 so 30 rs 46 . 62 > 78 N 94 ^ 110 n 126 ~
15 si 31 us 47 / 63 ? 79 O 95 _ 111 o 127 del
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