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# 1  
Old 10-17-2010
sed newline to tab ,problem
Input:
Code:
gstreamer-plugins-good
gstreamer-plugins-bad 
gstreamer-plugins-ugly

Code:
sed 's/\n/\t/g' infile

It's not working.
Output should be:
Code:
gstreamer-plugins-good    gstreamer-plugins-bad    gstreamer-plugins-ugly

# 2  
Old 10-17-2010
normally it can be done by enter in the sed command, you can search in forum, there are many samples, here is the code that no need "enter" in sed command:

Code:
sed -n -e "H;\${g;s/\n/ /g;p}" infile

or

Code:
tr "\n" " " < infile

# 3  
Old 10-17-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by rdcwayx
normally it can be done by enter in the sed command, you can search in forum, there are many samples, here is the code that no need "enter" in sed command:

Code:
sed -n -e "H;\${g;s/\n/ /g;p}" infile

or

Code:
tr "\n" " " < infile

It is not a space.
It it a tab.
# 4  
Old 10-17-2010
so just change it, do you really try to understand the code?

Code:
sed -n -e "H;\${g;s/\n/\t/g;p}" infile
tr "\n" "\t" < infile

# 5  
Old 10-17-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by rdcwayx
so just change it, do you really try to understand the code?

Code:
sed -n -e "H;\${g;s/\n/\t/g;p}" infile
tr "\n" "\t" < infile

I know the tr command.
The sed command doesn't work.
Compare the sample output.
# 6  
Old 10-19-2010
Code:
# cat file
gstreamer-plugins-good
gstreamer-plugins-bad
gstreamer-plugins-ugly

Code:
# sed -e :a -e 'N;s/\n/\t/' -e 'ta' file
gstreamer-plugins-good  gstreamer-plugins-bad   gstreamer-plugins-ugly

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