Manually editing would be very time consuming so I'll attempt to explain using the example below. Running your initial function helped quite a bit and re-formated the majority of records. There were some fields, within the record, (statement text=) that still were broken up with a LF.
Hi dwdnet,
Instead of showing us the output you get from running the awk script provided in post #12 and labeling it "Sample Input", please show us the input that was given to that awk script. We need to see the input that is causing that code to fail. Seeing the output it produces without seeing the corresponding input leaves us guessing at what might be the problem!
Quote:
Originally Posted by MadeInGermany
I wonder if
Code:
o = o (o == "" ? "" : " ") $0
is always correct.
We have a control variable d so let's use it. Becomes simpler and maybe fixes a problem, too.?
Code:
o = o (d ? " " : "") $0
Hi MadeInGermany,
Your suggested change makes the code 6 characters shorter, but it doesn't alter the underlying logic. The code that sets d to 1 only runs when NF is non-zero (so o can't be set to an empty string in this case) and the code that sets d to 0 also sets o to an empty string.
This User Gave Thanks to Don Cragun For This Post:
I'm sure this will be an easy question for you experts out there, but I have been searching the forum and working on this for a couple hours now and can't get it right.
I have a very messy data file that I am trying to tidy up - one of the issues is some records are split into multiple lines: ... (4 Replies)
Hi,
Can anyone help me for merge the following multi-line log which beginning with a number and time: into one line. For each line need to delete the return and add a space. Please see the red color line.
*****Original Log*****... (4 Replies)
Hello,
Can anyone let me know how to use Perl script to Merge following multi-lines into one single line...
***** Multi-line*****
FILE_Write root OK Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 2008 cl_get_path
file descriptor = 1
FILE_Write root OK ... (5 Replies)
The symbols are \t and \t\t (note: not tab)
If the line starts with \t merge them into a single line upto symbol \t\t
\t\t to end and start new line
I able to join in a single line but not ending at \t\t and I completely confused
help would be appreciated:b::D
Input
\ta tab XXXXXXXXXX
\te... (5 Replies)
Hi,
I have a requirement with,
No~Dt~Notes
1~2011/08/1~"aaa
bbb
ccc
ddd
eee
fff
ggg
hhh"
Single column alone got splitted into multiple lines.
I require the output as
No~Dt~Notes
1~2011/08/1~"aaa<>bbb<>ccc<>ddd<>eee<>fff<>ggg<>hhh"
mean to say those new lines to be... (1 Reply)
example:
comment Now_TB.table column errac is for error messages
1 - first
2 - second
3 -third ;
in this example I need to be able to grab the comment as first word and ; as the last word and it might span a few lines. I need it to be put all in one line without line breaks so I can... (4 Replies)
Hi guys,
So i have a input file with several sequences aligned (fasta)
>NC_005930 241 bp
MNMINIFIINNIFDQFIPVKLSIFSLTSVGSIIA
LSWVWINTKTHWAISRSNTP-SLLLNSL
WTLLITNL-NEKTNPWAPWLFSLFLLCFSFNIMSLI-PYTF-SQ
TSHLSFTFGLSLPIWIMVNIAGFKNNWKKKISHLLPQGTPIYLVPVMII
IETISLFIQPLTLGFRLGANLLAGHLLIFLCSCTIWE... (6 Replies)
:confused:Hello -- i just joined the forums. I am a complete noob -- only about 1 week into learning how to program anything... and starting with linux.
I am working in Linux terminal.
I have a folder with a bunch of txt files. Each file has several lines of html code. I want to combine... (2 Replies)
Hi,
Can anyone help me for merge the following multi-line log which beginning with a " and line ending with ": into one line.
*****Original Log*****
087;2008-12-06;084403;"mc;;SYHLR6AP1D\LNZW;AD-703;1;12475;SYHLR6AP1B;1.1.1.1;0000000062;HGPDI:MSISDN=12345678,APNID=1,EQOSID=365;... (3 Replies)
