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Old 01-06-2006
need help appending lines/combining lines within a file...
Is there a way to combine two lines onto a single line...append the following line onto the previous line?

I have the following file that contains some blank lines and some lines I would like to append to the previous line...

current file:
checking dsk c19t2d6

checking dsk c19t2d7

checking dsk c19t3d0

checking dsk c21t0d4
/dev/dsk/c21t0d4

checking dsk c21t0d5
/dev/dsk/c21t0d5

checking dsk c21t0d6
/dev/dsk/c21t0d6

checking dsk c21t0d7
/dev/dsk/c21t0d7


looking for something like this:

checking dsk c19t2d6
checking dsk c19t2d7
checking dsk c19t3d0
checking dsk c21t0d4 /dev/dsk/c21t0d4
checking dsk c21t0d5/dev/dsk/c21t0d5
checking dsk c21t0d6/dev/dsk/c21t0d6
checking dsk c21t0d7/dev/dsk/c21t0d7

any assistance would be appreciated...thanks and happy new year,
manny
# 2  
Old 01-06-2006
Code:
nawk -v RS='' '{gsub("\n", OFS)}1' myFile

Last edited by vgersh99; 01-06-2006 at 06:39 PM..
# 3  
Old 01-06-2006
checking c12t15d0 /dev/dsk/c12t15d0
checking c12t15d1 /dev/dsk/c12t15d1
checking c12t15d2 /dev/dsk/c12t15d2
checking c12t15d3 /dev/dsk/c12t15d3
checking c12t15d4 /dev/dsk/c12t15d4
checking c12t15d5 /dev/dsk/c12t15d5
checking c12t15d6
checking c12t15d7
checking c13t0d0
checking c13t0d1
checking c13t0d2
checking c13t0d3
checking c13t0d4
checking c13t0d5
checking c13t0d6
checking c13t0d7
checking c13t1d0
checking c13t1d1
checking c13t1d2
checking c13t1d3
checking c13t1d4
checking c13t1d5
checking c13t1d6
checking c13t1d7


worked like a charm...thank you Smilie
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