A \n an embedded newline character (not two consecutive characters \ and n).
sed loops over the lines in the input file, so the sed code only has one line in its "pattern space".
The \n character is only created after an append command like N or H or G or a.
Normally an RE can handle only one line, and ^ and $ mark the beginning and end of the line.
For example a line
The RE can see
After an append there is a \n between the two lines, like this
An RE can see it like
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Is there a way to combine two lines onto a single line...append the following line onto the previous line?
I have the following file that contains some blank lines and some lines I would like to append to the previous line...
current file:
checking dsk c19t2d6
checking dsk c19t2d7
... (2 Replies)
Hi,
I have a requirement like following:
I have input file like:
Question: 1 ----Multiple choice---
What is
your
favourite colour?
Options: a) red b) blue c) none of these
Question: 2 ---Multiple choice-----
In which month
did you join
your first job?
Options: a) Jan b) Feb c)... (11 Replies)
Hi all,
I have a file with lot of lines with repeating pattern. ( TABLE_NAME line followed by Total line).
I would like combine these two lines into one line seperated by cama and create a new file. Is there a simple way to do this.
Current Format ( just a sample 4 lines )
TABLE_NAME:... (10 Replies)
Hi All
I need a small help for the below format in making a small script in Perl or Shell.
I have a file in which a single line entries are broken into three line entries.
Eg:
I have a
pen and
notebook.
All i want is to capture in a single line in a separate file.
eg: I have a pen and... (4 Replies)
Dear all,
I have a file like this:
imput
scaffold_0 1
scaffold_0 10000
scaffold_0 20000
scaffold_0 25000
scaffold_1 1
scaffold_1 10000
scaffold_1 20000
scaffold_1 23283
and I want the output like this:
scaffold_0 1 scaffold_0 10000
scaffold_0 10000 scaffold_0 20000... (6 Replies)
Hi Friends,
I have a file1.txt
1001 jkilo yrhfm
200056 jhdf rjhwjkrh
3+u8jk5h3 uru ehjk
1002 jkfhk hfjkd
2748395 fdjksfh hefjkh
3hdfk ejkh kjhjke
In the above if you see the firt charcter of each line mentioned in red has a pattern .
I need to create another file where , the... (6 Replies)
Hi Everyone,
On my Linux box I have a text file having block of few lines and this block lines separated by one blank line. I would like to format and print these lines in such a way that this entire block of lines will come as single comma separated line & again next block of lines in next... (7 Replies)
Hi All,
I have a file which has the following sample lines
--
<Member name="Canada"
Currency="CAD"
--
<Member name="UK"
Currency="GBP"
--
<Member name="Switzerland"
Currency="CHF"
--
<Member name="Germany"
Currency="EUR"
-- (11 Replies)
i have a file (where the column values are separated by ' and the text can be enclosed in ~) which contains data in form of
4461,2,~Basic:
2 Years/Unlimited Miles
Drivetrain:
Gas Engine
2 Years/Unlimited Miles
Duramax Engine
3 Years/Unlimited... (2 Replies)
Hi,
Our log4j file contents look like this:
2018-11-20T00:06:58,888 INFO ql.Driver: Executing command(queryId=hive_20181120000656_49af4ad0-1d37-4312-872c-a247ed80c181): CREATE TABLE RESULTS.E7014485_ALL_HMS_CAP1
AS SELECT name,dept
from employee
Where employee='Jeff'... (4 Replies)
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paste
paste(1) General Commands Manual paste(1)Name
paste - merge file data
Syntax
paste file1 file2...
paste -dlist file1 file2...
paste -s [-dlist] file1 file2...
Description
In the first two forms, concatenates corresponding lines of the given input files file1, file2, etc. It treats each file as a column or
columns of a table and pastes them together horizontally (parallel merging).
In the last form, the command combines subsequent lines of the input file (serial merging).
In all cases, lines are glued together with the tab character, or with characters from an optionally specified list. Output is to the
standard output, so it can be used as the start of a pipe, or as a filter, if - is used in place of a file name.
Options
- Used in place of any file name, to read a line from the standard input. (There is no prompting).
-dlist Replaces characters of all but last file with nontabs characters (default tab). One or more characters immediately following -d
replace the default tab as the line concatenation character. The list is used circularly, i. e. when exhausted, it is reused. In
parallel merging (i. e. no -s option), the lines from the last file are always terminated with a new-line character, not from the
list. The list may contain the special escape sequences:
(new-line), (tab), \ (backslash), and (empty string, not a null
character). Quoting may be necessary, if characters have special meaning to the shell (for example, to get one backslash, use
-d"\\" ).
Without this option, the new-line characters of each but the last file (or last line in case of the -s option) are replaced by a
tab character. This option allows replacing the tab character by one or more alternate characters (see below).
-s Merges subsequent lines rather than one from each input file. Use tab for concatenation, unless a list is specified with -d
option. Regardless of the list, the very last character of the file is forced to be a new-line.
Examples
ls | paste -d" " -
list directory in one column
ls | paste - - - -
list directory in four columns
paste -s -d"
" file
combine pairs of lines into lines
Diagnostics
line too long
Output lines are restricted to 511 characters.
too many files
Except for -s option, no more than 12 input files may be specified.
See Alsocut(1), grep(1), pr(1)paste(1)