03-21-2012
When i do octal dump on the line of concern, it looks like the following. It has \r and \n. This is happening at field 65. The only thing i like to do is if the new line character is found in 65th field i want to join this line with the next line.
Help is really appreciated.
Quote:
0001160 060 040 174 060 061 061 065 065 062 174 120 104 120 124 130 015
0 | 0 1 1 5 5 2 | P D P T X \r
0001200 042 012
" \n
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In the 65th field we are expecting data like
"ABC DEF"
but what we are receiving is
"ABC
DEF"
we like to convert to "ABC DEF" using awk
Appreciate help.
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