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Old 07-10-2009
Data joining two lines
Hi ,

I want to join two lines in a file, where the second line contain query string. if it doesn't contain that string i don't want to join
e.g.
Input file is as following:
Code:
name fame game
none none none
name fame game
cat eat mice

I need output file as

Code:
name fame game
none none none
name fame game cat eat mice

How can it be done using awk or sed?
Last edited by Yogesh Sawant; 07-10-2009 at 04:29 AM.. Reason: added code tags
# 2  
Old 07-10-2009
At first: Use CODE-tags when you post code, data or logs for better readability, ty.

Code:
awk '!/mice/ {l=$0; getline; if($0 ~ /mice/){print l,$0} else{print l"\n"$0} }' infile
name fame game
none none none
name fame game cat eat mice

# 3  
Old 07-10-2009
Thankx zaxxon, it works Smilie
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