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# 1  
Old 08-11-2010
sed/awk remove newline
Hi,

I have input file contains sql queries i need to eliminate newlines from it.
when i open it vi text editor and runs

Code:
:%s/'\n/'/g

it provides required result. but when i run sed command from shell prompt it doesn't impact outfile is still same as inputfile.

Code:
shell] sed -e 's/'\n/'/g' inputfile.txt > outfile.txt

inputfile.txt
Code:
INSERT INTO test (column1,column2) VALUES ('column1value','
                  column2value');

i want outfile.txt as follows, need to get column1value and column2value at same line.

Code:
INSERT INTO test (column1,column2) VALUES ('column1value','column2value');

Thanks in advance.
# 2  
Old 08-11-2010
This should work:
Code:
awk -vORS="" '1' file

# 3  
Old 08-11-2010
hello,

thanks for your reply i will check it. Can you please explain this command.
Code:
awk -vORS="" '1' file

# 4  
Old 08-13-2010
Hello,

I tried this

awk -vORS="" '1' file

but this converting entire lines into single line. I need to do it for only test tables.

inputfile
Code:
INSERT INTO test (column1,column2) VALUES ('column1value','
                  column2value');
UPDATE test2 SET column1='column1value',
column2-'column2value' WHERE column1='column1value';

I require output file as follows:

Code:
INSERT INTO test (column1,column2) VALUES ('column1value','column2value');
UPDATE test2 SET column1='column1value',
column2-'column2value' WHERE column1='column1value';

Thank you.
# 5  
Old 08-13-2010
Code:
awk '{ if ($3 == "test")  printf("%s",$0);  else  printf ("%s\n",$0); }' file_name

# 6  
Old 08-13-2010
Code:
sed  '/INSERT/{N;s/\n[ \t]*//}' myfile

# 7  
Old 08-13-2010
A perl sol:

Code:
perl -p -e 's/([^;])\n|^\s+/\1/' file

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