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Old 01-12-2011
Question How to remove line break in a csv file
Hi Experts,
My requirement is to read the csv file and need to remove if any line break in it.

sample data:
Code:
Row1: "Oslo, Symra kino",Oslo,130-7,Symra 1,130-7-91
Row2:"Tønsberg, Brygga Kino SF",Tønsberg,202-1,
Tønsberg SF 4,202-1-4

Expected data:
Code:
Row1: "Oslo, Symra kino",Oslo,130-7,Symra 1,130-7-91
Row2:"Tønsberg, Brygga Kino SF",Tønsberg,202-1,Tønsberg SF 4,202-1-4

Please provide solution to this.
Last edited by fpmurphy; 01-12-2011 at 12:54 PM.. Reason: Code tags please!!
# 2  
Old 01-12-2011
try with sed..
Code:
sed '/,$/{N;s/\n/ /}' inputfile > outfile

# 3  
Old 01-12-2011
Hi Michael,
I am getting this error
sed: Function /,$/{N;s/\n/ /} cannot be parsed.

---------- Post updated at 12:17 PM ---------- Previous update was at 11:57 AM ----------

Hi Michael,
I am getting this error
sed: Function /,$/{N;s/\n/ /} cannot be parsed. be parsed.
# 4  
Old 01-13-2011
I do not have access to unix box right now, so would not be able to test. Can you post your execution statement..?

---------- Post updated 01-13-11 at 10:26 AM ---------- Previous update was 01-12-11 at 11:06 PM ----------

The above sed command works fine im my linux machine.To find the root cause post your execution line,OS and the sed version. However try the below awk
Code:
awk '/,$/{getline x}{print $0 x}' inputfile > outfile

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# 5  
Old 01-13-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by michaelrozar17
I do not have access to unix box right now, so would not be able to test. Can you post your execution statement..?

---------- Post updated 01-13-11 at 10:26 AM ---------- Previous update was 01-12-11 at 11:06 PM ----------

The above sed command works fine im my linux machine.To find the root cause post your execution line,OS and the sed version. However try the below awk
Code:
awk '/,$/{getline x}{print $0 x}' inputfile > outfile

Does {getline x} get the next record from the curruent record?
# 6  
Old 01-13-2011
Yes it gets the next line only when the current line ends with a ,
# 7  
Old 01-13-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by michaelrozar17
Yes it gets the next line only when the current line ends with a ,
Thank you! I learn something new everyday!
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