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Old 08-16-2010
awk next time replaced by none
Hi Everyone,

1.txt
Code:
a
b
c

d
e

f d
g
gg

output:
Code:
abc
de
f dggg

how to use perl or awk, can replace '\n' with '' except the line is empty.
Please advice.

Thanks
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Old 08-16-2010
Code:
awk -vRS="" '{gsub("\n","")}1' file

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Old 08-16-2010
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Originally Posted by bartus11
Code:
awk -vRS="" '{gsub("\n","")}1' file

Learnt, thanks
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Old 08-16-2010
Another one:
Code:
awk '$1=$1' RS= FS= OFS= file

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