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# 1  
Old 04-25-2018
Content of file in single line
Hi I want to create output file which is having entries from source file in single line

a.txt

Code:
<output type="event">
                <moduleId>abc</moduleId>
                <errorCode>963016</errorCode>
                <text>Test1</text>
            </output>
            <output type="event">
                <moduleId>abc</moduleId>
                <errorCode>963033</errorCode>
                <text>Test2</text>
            </output>

Output file b.txt

Code:
<output type="event">:<moduleId>abc</moduleId>:<errorCode>963016</errorCode>:<text>Test1</text>:</output>

<output type="event">:<moduleId>qbc</moduleId>:<errorCode>963033</errorCode>:<text>Test2</text>:</output>

Pls help on this
I tried below command but it didnt work

Code:
more abc.txt |tr "\n" ":" | tr "\<output type" "\n output type"

# 2  
Old 04-25-2018
Code:
awk '{$1=$1} {printf $0 (($0 ~ /<\/output>/) ? "\n\n" : ":")}' a.txt

# 3  
Old 04-25-2018
Slight variation:
Code:
awk '{$1=$1; ORS=/<\/output>/? RS : ":"}1' file



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Note: the use of printf without specifying the format field, may give unpredictable results, depending on input.
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