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Old 10-12-2011
Delete newlines after every one space
Hi All,

I have a file which looks like this:

Code:
abc 3456
computer 3214
printer 0.9823
computer 3214

Can anyone please let me know how I can format my text like this?

Code:
abc 3456 computer 3214 printer 0.9823 computer 3214

I know how to space to newlines using tr but don't know how to do it after leaving one space.

I am using Linux.
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Old 10-12-2011
Code:
$ xargs < infile

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Old 10-12-2011
Or:

Code:
paste -sd\  infile

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Old 10-12-2011
Code:
awk '{ORS=" ";print}' input

Last edited by radoulov; 10-12-2011 at 08:15 AM.. Reason: Code tags!
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Old 10-12-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by ltomuno
awk '{ORS=" ";print}' input
A small modification Smilie

Code:
awk 'ORS=" "' input_file

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