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# 8  
Old 09-14-2009
given myFile:
Code:
dn: uid=abc,ou=INTERNAL,ou=PEOPLE
uid: abc
epsNotesid: CN=Ai

dn: uid=xyz,ou=Internal,ou=Disabled
uid: xyz

dn: uid=ade,ou=Internal,ou=Disabled
uid: ade

dn: uid=mng,ou=INTERNAL,ou=PEOPLE
uid: mng
epsNotesid: CN=Ri

I get:
Code:
"uid=abc,ou=INTERNAL,ou=PEOPLE","abc","CN=Ai "
"uid=xyz,ou=Internal,ou=Disabled","xyz"
"uid=ade,ou=Internal,ou=Disabled","ade"
"uid=mng,ou=INTERNAL,ou=PEOPLE","mng","CN=Ri"

Make sure that your 'blank' lines are really blank and contain nothing, but a CR.
It looks like your 'blank' lines contain <space> followed by a CR.
Please post the output of 'cat -vet myFile' using code tags.
# 9  
Old 09-14-2009
Another approach:
Code:
 awk -F" |\n" -v RS="" '{for (i=2;i<=NF;i+=2) printf "%s\042%s\042",i==2?"":",",$i;print ""}' file

# 10  
Old 09-14-2009
Here it the output :

bash-2.05$ cat -vet abc.ldif

Code:
dn: uid=abc,ou=INTERNAL,ou=PEOPLE$
uid: abc$
epsNotesid: CN=Ai $
 $
dn: uid=xyz,ou=Internal,ou=Disabled$
uid: xyz$
 $
dn: uid=ade,ou=Internal,ou=Disabled$
uid: ade$
 $
dn: uid=mng,ou=INTERNAL,ou=PEOPLE$
uid: mng$
epsNotesid: CN=Ri$

Last edited by vgersh99; 09-14-2009 at 05:19 PM..
# 11  
Old 09-14-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by john_prince
Here it the output :

bash-2.05$ cat -vet abc.ldif

Code:
dn: uid=abc,ou=INTERNAL,ou=PEOPLE$
uid: abc$
epsNotesid: CN=Ai $
 $
dn: uid=xyz,ou=Internal,ou=Disabled$
uid: xyz$
 $
dn: uid=ade,ou=Internal,ou=Disabled$
uid: ade$
 $
dn: uid=mng,ou=INTERNAL,ou=PEOPLE$
uid: mng$
epsNotesid: CN=Ri$

This tells me that your 'blank' lines are actully <space> followed by a CR.
# 12  
Old 09-14-2009
It gives me following errors, i tried with awk and nawk:

bash-2.05$ awk -F" |\n" -v RS="" '{for (i=2;i<=NF;i+=2) printf "%s\042%s\042",i==2?"":",",$i;print ""}' abc.ldif
awk: syntax error near line 1
awk: bailing out near line 1
bash-2.05$ nawk -F" |\n" -v RS="" '{for (i=2;i<=NF;i+=2) printf "%s\042%s\042",i==2?"":",",$i;print ""}' abc.ldif
nawk: syntax error at source line 1
context is
{for (i=2;i<=NF;i+=2) printf >>> "%s\042%s\042",i== <<<
nawk: illegal statement at source line 1
# 13  
Old 09-14-2009
One way to do it in Perl:

Code:
$ 
$ cat f1
dn: uid=abc,ou=INTERNAL,ou=PEOPLE
uid: abc
epsNotesid: CN=Ai 
 
dn: uid=xyz,ou=Internal,ou=Disabled
uid: xyz
 
dn: uid=ade,ou=Internal,ou=Disabled
uid: ade
 
dn: uid=mng,ou=INTERNAL,ou=PEOPLE
uid: mng
epsNotesid: CN=Ri
$ 
$ 
$ perl -lne 'if(/^dn: (.*)/){printf("\"%s\"",$1)} elsif(/: (.*)/){printf(",\"%s\"",$1)} else{print}END{print}' f1
"uid=abc,ou=INTERNAL,ou=PEOPLE","abc","CN=Ai " 
"uid=xyz,ou=Internal,ou=Disabled","xyz" 
"uid=ade,ou=Internal,ou=Disabled","ade" 
"uid=mng,ou=INTERNAL,ou=PEOPLE","mng","CN=Ri"
$ 
$

tyler_durden
# 14  
Old 09-14-2009
if you have 'empty lines' (containing '<space>CR'), you can try this:
Code:
sed 's/^ *$//' myFile | nawk -f john.awk
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