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Old 09-21-2010
Help in formating a txt file
Pls help in formatting a txt file using shell scripting

Input file format:

Name priya 2010-09-21 10:43:49
TEXT ID 1
hi
TEXT ID 2
how
TEXT ID 3
r
TEXT ID 4
u

Output required:

name priya hi how r u
Last edited by bha148; 09-21-2010 at 09:44 AM..
# 2  
Old 09-21-2010
Code:
awk 'NR==1{printf $1 FS $2 FS;next} NR%2 {printf $0 FS}' infile

# 3  
Old 09-21-2010
hi thanks a lot

But pls help me if my input file is the below format:
Name priya 2010-09-21 10:43:49
TEXT ID 1
hi
TEXT ID 2
how
TEXT ID 3
r
TEXT ID 4
u
Name2 priya2 2010-09-21 10:43:49
TEXT ID 1
hi1
TEXT ID 2
how1
TEXT ID 3
r1

Output required:
name priya hi how r u
name2 priya2 hi1 how1 r1
# 4  
Old 09-21-2010
Code:
awk '/^Name/ {printf RS $1 FS $2 FS;next} !/^TEXT/ {printf $0 FS}' infile

# 5  
Old 09-22-2010
hi thanks again.
Pls do me one more favour.

Pls help in getting the output with seperator like below.

name: priya: hi: how: r: u:
name2: priya2: hi1: how1: r1:
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