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Old 08-05-2012
AWK getline command to read more then two lines
Hello,

Am trying to print three lines in a single line using AWK getline command.

Below is the command am trying and its displaying only two lines in a single line.
Command:
awk '{getline n; printf($0,t);next}'

Can you please help me ?

Thanks,
Prince
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Old 08-05-2012
awk getline will read the next input line and place it into a variable given or $0 if omitted. So in your command
Quote:
awk '{getline n; printf($0,t);next}'
you're right to supply the variable n to contain line 2, but where do you read the third line? And what does the t in the printf statement do? And, printf needs a format string which it is missing here, so it will take $0's contents for it.
Try:
Code:
awk '{getline n; getline m; print  $0,n,m}' infile

as a starting point for your own refinements.
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