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Old 02-25-2016
Question Need to combine two lines in a file based on first character of each line in a file

Hi,

I have a requirement where I need to combine two lines in a file based on first character of each line in a file.

Please find the sample content of the file below:

Code:
_______________________
Code:
5, jaya, male, 4-5-90, single
smart
6, prakash, male, 5-4-84, married
fair
7, raghavi, female, 12-10-85, married
calm
talented
9, bhaskar, male, 29-12-92, single
studios

________________________

I want the output for this file as
_______________________

Code:
Code:
5, jaya, male, 4-5-90, single-smart
6, prakash, male, 5-4-84, married-fair
7, raghavi, female, 12-10-85, married-calm-talented
9, bhaskar, male, 29-12-92, single-studios

________________________

can you please help me with the shell program that achieve my requirement?

Moderator's Comments:
Mod Comment edit by bakunin: by "use CODE-tags" we didn't mean to write the word "code" but to use the tags, like the ones i edited into your text. Please use them yourself in further posts.

Last edited by bakunin; 02-25-2016 at 08:04 PM..
 

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NAME
RIG - Random Identity Generator USAGE
rig [ -f | -m ] [ -d datadir ] [ -c num ] DESCRIPTION
Rig is a utility that will piece together a random first name, last name, street number and address, along with a geographically consistant (ie, they all match the same area) city, state, ZIP code, and area code. It is suitable for such applications as feeding the NY times registration page to fend off junk (snail) mail and telemarketers, or for reg- istering on BBS's to which you don't wish to reveal your real information. OPTIONS
-f, -m Respectively, use female and male names. If neither or both options are selected, RIG uses both female and male names. -d datadir Use data files found in datadir. Without this option, the default directory of /usr/share/rig is assumed. -c num Output num identities. Default is 1. FILES
/usr/share/rig/locdata.idx /usr/share/rig/street.idx /usr/share/rig/fnames.idx /usr/share/rig/mnames.idx /usr/share/rig/lnames.idx HISTORY
Based on "fake" written for MS-DOS. Unfortunately the author and publish date are unknown. First UNIX version written from scratch in 1999. This manpage based on RIG version 1.10. AUTHORS
UNIX version (c) 1999-2002 Ian Turner with contributions from Ian Prowell, Nick Rusnov, and Schneelocke. Geography Database is from the original version and I believe it to be held in the public domain. Names database is from the US Census at http://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/ , courtesy of Trent Stanley. Send all comments and bug-reports to: vectro@RIG.sourceforge.net 4 JUN 2002 RIG(6)
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