01-06-2006
need help appending lines/combining lines within a file...
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
checking dsk c19t3d0
checking dsk c21t0d4
/dev/dsk/c21t0d4
checking dsk c21t0d5
/dev/dsk/c21t0d5
checking dsk c21t0d6
/dev/dsk/c21t0d6
checking dsk c21t0d7
/dev/dsk/c21t0d7
looking for something like this:
checking dsk c19t2d6
checking dsk c19t2d7
checking dsk c19t3d0
checking dsk c21t0d4 /dev/dsk/c21t0d4
checking dsk c21t0d5/dev/dsk/c21t0d5
checking dsk c21t0d6/dev/dsk/c21t0d6
checking dsk c21t0d7/dev/dsk/c21t0d7
any assistance would be appreciated...thanks and happy new year,
manny
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