how to replace new line ( \n ) with space or Tab in Sed


 
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Old 04-15-2009
how to replace new line ( \n ) with space or Tab in Sed

Hi,

how to replace new line with tab in sed ...

i used

sed -e 's/\n/\t/g' <filename >

but its not working
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Old 04-15-2009
You can use tr to do the same

Code:
tr '\n' '\t' <filename

If you insist on sed, then replace the single quotes with double quotes.
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