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Old 03-21-2014
Debian [Solved] sed conditional \n replace for each line
How could be removed \n only if appearing at position 80 in the line?
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Old 03-21-2014
Do you mean after an N command, for example (otherwise there can not be any newlines) ? Try:
Code:
s/^\(.\{79\}\)\n/\1/

Last edited by Scrutinizer; 03-21-2014 at 06:04 PM..
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Old 03-21-2014
Debian
Look here, example data:
Code:
qwertqwert     ...this line is okay
qwer              ...not okay, the line is divided to two lines at exact position 5
tqwert            ....the rest of line 2 is as separate line no.3
qwertqwert     ...again one line okay
qwer              ...again
tqwert            ...again

Last edited by Scrutinizer; 03-21-2014 at 07:13 PM.. Reason: code tags
# 4  
Old 03-21-2014
Do you mean like so:
Code:
sed '/^.\{4\}$/{N; s/\n//;}' file

with your example and \n at pos. 5


output:
Code:
qwertqwert
qwertqwert
qwertqwert
qwertqwert

# 5  
Old 03-21-2014
Amazing, it worked sir! Smilie
Thank you very much brave man Smilie
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