04-15-2013
Join lines in a file????
Hello UNIX gurus, I am new to the world of UNIX. Hopefully I am submitting my question at the right forum. Here is my dilemma -
I have a file with contents like this -
"line1","Hello","World","Today is a wonderful day","yes it is"
"line2","Hello","World","Today is a
beautiful day","oh yeah"
"line3","Hello","World","Today is a great
day","right you are"
"line4","Hello","World","Today is really an awesome day","you can say that again"
you may have observed that some of the records do not appear in a single line. For example line2 and line3 have broken off and a part of them is in a different line. I am desperately looking for a way to join these broken records so that I can have them in a single line. Is there a command I can use which will read the records in a file, then correct the broken lines and then create a file with proper records? I hope this is possible. Please help.
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cam(1) General Commands Manual cam(1)
NAME
cam - CPU'S AUDIO MIXER for Linux
SYNOPSIS
cam [-v x,y] [--volume x,y] [-b x,y] [--bass x,y] [-t x,y] [--treble x,y] [-s x,y] [--synth x,y] [-p x,y] [--pcm x,y] [-S x,y]
[--speaker x,y] [-l x,y] [--line x,y] [-m x,y] [--mic x,y] [-c x,y] [--cd x,y] [-M x,y] [--mixer x,y] [-a x,y] [--altpcm x,y] [-r
x,y] [--reclev x,y] [-i x,y] [--igain x,y] [-o x,y] [--ogain x,y] [-l1 x,y] [--line1 x,y] [-l2 x,y] [--line2 x,y] [-l3 x,y] [--line3
x,y] [-3d 1|0] [--3dse 1|0] [-agc 1|0] [--agc 1|0] [-h] [-?] [--help] [-get] [-save] [-getfile filename] [-savefile filename]
xcam
DESCRIPTION
This is an audio mixer for Linux. You have the choice to use it with an interface or at the command line.
OPTIONS
When using the interface you can use the following keys :
LEFT ARROW
decrease the volume of the current device.
RIGHT ARROW
increase the volume of the current device.
UP ARROW
go to previous device.
DOWN ARROW
go to next device.
L locks or unlocks :
unlocked : you can control the left and right channel
separately.
lock : left and right channel are controlled together.
R turn on/off recording mode :
red lamp : recording turned on
green lamp : recording turned off
3 turn on/off 3D Stereo Enhancement (3DSE) device :
when turned on green indicator 3D will be lit at the left side of main volume handle.
A turn on/off microphone Automatic Gain Control :
when turned on green indicator AGC will be lit at the left side of microphone volume handle.
S save the settings of ALL devices in a file ($HOME/.camrc)
G loads the saved settings and restores them.
H shows the help screen.
Q/ESC exits the program and returns to shell.
NOTE: you can use upper or lower case.
When using the command line options the interface is not shown.
The following options are available :
-v, --volume x,y
Set 'volume' to x (left) and y (right)
-b, --bass x,y
Set 'bass' to x (left) and y (right)
-t, --trebble x,y
Set 'treble' to x (left) and y (right)
-s, --synth x,y
Set 'synth' to x (left) and y (right)
-p, --pcm x,y
Set 'pcm' to x (left) and y (right)
-S, --speaker x,y
Set 'speaker' to x (left) and y (right)
-l, --line x,y
Set 'line in' to x (left) and y (right)
-m, --mic x,y
Set 'microphone' to x (left) and y (right)
-c, --cd x,y
Set 'CD in' to x (left) and y (right)
-I, --imix x,y
Set 'mixer' to x (left) and y (right)
-a, --altpcm x,y
Set 'altpcm' to x (left) and y (right)
-r, --reclev x,y
Set 'record level' to x (left) and y (right)
-i, --igain x,y
Set 'input gain' to x (left) and y (right)
-o, --ogain x,y
Set 'output gain' to x (left) and y (right)
-l1, --line1 x,y
Set 'line 1' to x (left) and y (right)
-l2, --line2 x,y
Set 'line 2' to x (left) and y (right)
-l3, --line3 x,y
Set 'line 3' to x (left) and y (right)
-3d, --3dse 1|0
Set 3D Stereo Enhancement to 1 (on) or 0 (off)
-agc, --agc 1|0
Set Automatic Gain Control for microphone to 1 (on) or 0 (off)
-get restore the saved values from $HOME/.camrc
-save save the values to $HOME/.camrc
-getfile filename
restore the saved values from file 'filename'
-savefile filename
save the values to file 'filename'
-h, -?, --help
displays help
NOTE: x and y are in range from 1 to 100. Higher or lower numbers are
ignored.
BUGS
None known as yet. If you find one, please let me know.
AUTHOR
Jan 'TWP' VANDENBERGHE <jvdbergh@uia.ua.ac.be>
cam(1)