Both suggestions worked great! I don't even have to add a newline after the PowerOnHours field (no added value, really). Your solution with bash is very straightforward, perfect for my big files.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fpmurphy
Elegant solution, Rdcwayx!
Some versions of sed do not support the \t syntax.
This should work on all platforms:
Code:
xargs -n4 < file | tr " " "\t"
I respectfully disagree. This suggestion gives me the following output
Code:
Receiver ID = 028908221899
Serial Number = WD-WCASU6774998
Current temp = 37C
PowerOnHours = 17434h
Not what I am looking for.
LivinFree got it right though. Check out his solution. This is what I was looking for:
Code:
Receiver ID = 028935846791 Serial Number = WD-WCAV90944398 Current temp = 51C PowerOnHours = 8896h
Receiver ID = 028938701381 Serial Number = WD-WCAV91967340 Current temp = 47C PowerOnHours = 6856h
Receiver ID = 028938656577 Serial Number = WD-WCAV91257990 Current temp = 48C PowerOnHours = 7670h
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This is what I was looking for: