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Old 03-04-2011
Need help in changing vertical lines to horizontal line in a file
Hi,

I have a file like below
Code:
 robert
PREF: 3
AVAIL:
 henry
PREF: 234
AVAIL:
 john
PREF: 145,178
AVAIL: 123
 matt
PREF: 564,932
AVAIL:
 ten 
PREF: 389
AVAIL: kill

I have sample file like above. My requirement is to get the output like below
Code:
robert PREF: 3 AVAIL:
henry PREF: 234 AVAIL:
john PREF: 145,178 AVAIL: 123
matt PREF: 564,932 AVAIL:
ten PREF: 389 AVAIL: kill

i need every 3 rows in that file to convert as a single row.


Can anyone please help me on this

Thanks.
Last edited by Scott; 03-04-2011 at 07:23 PM.. Reason: Code tags, please...
# 2  
Old 03-04-2011
Try:
Code:
awk -vORS=" " 'NR>1&&!((NR-1)%3){printf "\n"}1;END{printf "\n"}' file

# 3  
Old 03-04-2011
Code:
paste -d ' ' - - - < file

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