Merge two cells in excel via UNIX?


 
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Old 12-03-2010
Merge two cells in excel via UNIX?

Hi UNIX Gods!

Is it possible to merge two cells in .csv file using unix commands?
Imagine that this is my present csv file opened via excel:
Gate Reports| |
fatal alerts | 200 |

is is possible to make it look like this using unix?
Gate Reports |
fatal alerts | 200 |

Thanks for reading and please do help me! Smilie
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Old 12-03-2010
Could see 1st line Gate Reports is merged but not the next one. Can you be more clearer on this,.? And use code tags to have WYSIWYG.
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