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# 1  
Old 09-03-2010
STDOUT in one line
Hi all,

I got a file which contains this.

Code:
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa test
aaaaaaaaaaaaaa test
aaaaaaaaaaa test
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa test
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa test
aaaaaaaaa test
aaaaa test

and I want all test output in one row, ideally 3 spaces after the longest word.
Thanks
Last edited by radoulov; 09-03-2010 at 11:29 AM.. Reason: Code tags, please!
# 2  
Old 09-03-2010
somethng like this:

Code:
 
cat file_name | tr "\n" "  "

# 3  
Old 09-03-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by stinkefisch
Hi all,

I got a file which contains this.

Code:
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa test
aaaaaaaaaaaaaa test
aaaaaaaaaaa test
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa test
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa test
aaaaaaaaa test
aaaaa test

and I want all test output in one row, ideally 3 spaces after the longest word.
Thanks
More like

Code:
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa test
aaaaaaaaaaaaaa                                test
aaaaaaaaaaa                                     test
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa                           test
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa                    test
aaaaaaaaa                                         test
aaaaa                                                test

# 4  
Old 09-03-2010
you mean "test" in one column?
Code:
awk '{printf("%80s %s\n", $1, $2) } ' inputfilename

This assumes your data sample is correct: there are only two "words" on a line
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stinkefisch
# 5  
Old 09-03-2010
Perfect thanks
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