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Old 06-16-2005
awk ' {
printf $0
while (length ($0) && substr ($0, length ($0), 1) != "E") {
getline; printf $0
}
if (length ($0) == 0) print "E"; else print ""
}' infile > outfile
# 9  
Old 06-16-2005
gnu sed
Code:
sed -e ':a' -e 's/\r//g; /[^E]$/{N; s/\n//; ta}'


Last edited by r2007; 06-16-2005 at 09:06 PM..
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