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I would like to remove carriage returns/line feeds in a text file, but in a specific cadence:

Here is my input data, in red of the cr/lf I would like deleted

Code:

Header Line 1 <cr/lf> ( replace with a space)
Line of Text 1<cr/lf>
<cr/lf> 
Header Line 2 <cr/lf> (replace with a space)
Line of Text 2<cr/lf>
<cr/lf>

What I would like to output

Header Line 1 Line of Text 1
Header Line 2 Line of Text 2

Being new to sed, I have managed to remove all the cr/lf’s but I just end up with a long string of text. I would live to preserve the cr/lfs that separate Header Line 1 Line of Text 1 from Header Line 2 Line of Text 2.

Thanks for your help!

Something on these lines?

Code:

sed '/^Header/{N;N;s/\r//g;s/\n$//;s/\n/ /}' inputfile

Try:

Code:

tr -d '\r' < infile | awk '{$1=$1}1' RS=

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note: \r in sed regex is GNU sed only

Elixir - thanks, but my 'Header' line is actually a date and time field, does that make a difference?

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Scrutinizer, thanks - tried the script but the outfile came back with no changes.

What is your OS and version?

Fedora release 16 (Verne), bash shell

Of course it matters. You'll have to replace ^Header using a regex/string specific to your case.