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Old 11-29-2009
Modifying a file?

Hi,
I want to convert a file that looks like this

Code:
>joe
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
>man
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBSSSSSSSS

to something that looks like this (where the spacing is tab seperated)

Code:
joe  XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
man  BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBSSSSSSSS

I am able to do the reverse but the other way is a different story for me.

thanks
# 2  
Old 11-29-2009
Code:
awk '$1=$1' RS=">"  infile

# 3  
Old 11-29-2009
Less pretty, but with a tab character:
Code:
sed 'N;s/>//;s/\n/\t/' infile

# 4  
Old 11-29-2009
Let's add the tab character Smilie
Code:
awk '$1=$1' RS=\> OFS=\\t infile

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