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Old 10-24-2010
hii

can u please explain this code

Code:
awk '{printf /^>/?RS $0 RS:$0}' infile




i did not understand one thing in this above code

Code:
RS $0 RS

why this

please explain as i m confused on this...Smilie

Last edited by Scott; 10-24-2010 at 09:26 AM.. Reason: Code tags
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Old 10-24-2010
RS equals "\n" so it means newline followed by the record (line) and then a newline
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Old 10-24-2010
hiiiiiiiii

thanks for ur reply
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