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# 1  
Old 10-27-2006
Awk Join multiple lines

Hi,

I have data with broken lines:

Sample data:

Code:
"12"|"25"|"a"|"b"|"c"|"d"|"e"|"f"|"2453748"|"08:10:50"
"16"|"25"|"a"|"b"|"c"|"d"|"e"|"f"|"
2453748"|"08:15:50"
"16"|"25"|"a"|"b"|"
c"|"d"|"e"|"f"|"2453748"|"08:19:50"
"16"|"25"|"a"|"b"|"c"|"d"|"e"|"f"|"2453748"|"08:19:50"

In the above data, 2nd & 3rd row's are split to two lines, and my goal is to achieve the below data

Code:
"12"|"25"|"a"|"b"|"c"|"d"|"e"|"f"|"2453748"|"08:10:50"
"16"|"25"|"a"|"b"|"c"|"d"|"e"|"f"|"2453748"|"08:15:50"
"16"|"25"|"a"|"b"|"c"|"d"|"e"|"f"|"2453748"|"08:19:50"
"16"|"25"|"a"|"b"|"c"|"d"|"e"|"f"|"2453748"|"08:19:50"

I have tried this code

Code:
awk 'BEGIN {
  FS=OFS="|"
  FLDmax="10"
}
{

if (NF < FLDmax ){
   print $0; getline ;ORS=""; print $0;ORS="\n"
}
else 
{
print $0}
}' inputfile >outputfile

and the output is

Code:
"12"|"25"|"a"|"b"|"c"|"d"|"e"|"f"|"2453748"|"08:10:50"
"16"|"25"|"a"|"b"|"c"|"d"|"e"|"f"|"
2453748"|"08:15:50""16"|"25"|"a"|"b"|"
c"|"d"|"e"|"f"|"2453748"|"08:19:50""16"|"25"|"a"|"b"|"c"|"d"|"e"|"f"|"2453748"|"08:19:50"
"12"|"25"|"a"|"b"|"c"|"d"|"e"|"f"|"2453748"|"08:10:50"
"12"|"25"|"a"|"
b"|"c"|"d"|"e"|"f"|"2453748"|"08:10:50""17"|

# 2  
Old 10-27-2006
Try this awk program :
Code:
awk '
        BEGIN {
           FS="|";
           FLDmax=10;
        }
        {
           while (NF < FLDmax || $0 ~ /\|\"$/) {
              getline record;
              $0 = $0 record
           }
           print $0
        }
    ' inputfile

Jean-Pierre.
# 3  
Old 10-27-2006
Code:
sed -e :a -e '/|$/N; s/\\\n//; ta'  oldfile > newfile

# 4  
Old 10-27-2006
Bug

Jean-Pierre Thanks again for your solution. it worked like a charm again. let me try to explain you the code you have posted, please correc me if i am wrong.


Code:
while (NF < FLDmax || $0 ~ /\|\"$/) {
              getline record;
              $0 = $0 record
           }

pick up all the records that for which the no of fields are less than 10 or if the line has is ending with |" and with a getline and $0 you are merging before printing it... am i right?
# 5  
Old 10-27-2006
While the current record ($0) is less than 10 fields (NF) or is imcomplete (endig with |"), update the current record by appending the next record.


Jean-Pierre.
# 6  
Old 10-27-2006
Thanks - Cheers!!!
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