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How to remove new line characters from data rows in a Pipe delimited file?
I have a file as below

Code:
Emp1|FirstName|MiddleName|LastName|Address|Pincode|PhoneNumber
1234|FirstName1|MiddleName2|LastName3| Add1 || ADD2|123|000000000
2345|FirstName2|MiddleName3|LastName4|
 Add1 || ADD2|
 234|000000000

OUTPUT :
Code:
Emp1|FirstName|MiddleName|LastName|Address|Pincode|PhoneNumber
1234|FirstName1|MiddleName2|LastName3| Add1 || ADD2|123|000000000
2345|FirstName2|MiddleName3|LastName4| Add1 || ADD2|234|000000000

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