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# 1  
Old 08-30-2007
help in replacing ??
hi all

i have input file like this abc.txt
Code:
filename.out:
<TAB>ABC<TAB>9
<TAB>AKC<TAB>1
filename1.out:
<TAB>XYZ<TAB>1
<TAB>XYN<TAB>4

and i am trying to replace \n\t with \t so that output will be like this:
Code:
filename.out:<TAB>ABC<TAB>9<TAB>AKC<TAB>1
filename1.out:<TAB>XYZ<TAB>1<TAB>AYN<TAB>4<TAB>

i am using
perl -pi -e 's/\n\t/\t' abc.txt

its not working but when i do it from vim it works is ther any other command to do the same task
# 2  
Old 08-30-2007
Code:
tr -s '\n' '\t' < filename.out > newfile

# 3  
Old 08-30-2007
Try this:

Code:
awk ' BEGIN { ORS="" };/^filename/{ if ( NR != 1) print "\n" };{ print }' FIlename

# 4  
Old 08-30-2007
Code:
cat abc.txt | xargs -n3

kamitsin
# 5  
Old 08-31-2007
help in replacing ??
hi all

i have input file like this abc.txt
Code:
filename.out:
<TAB>ABC<TAB>9
<TAB>AKC<TAB>1
filename1.out:
<TAB>XYZ<TAB>1
<TAB>XYN<TAB>4

and i am trying to replace \n\t with \t so that output will be like this:
Code:
filename.out:<TAB>ABC<TAB>9<TAB>AKC<TAB>1
filename1.out:<TAB>XYZ<TAB>1<TAB>AYN<TAB>4<TAB>

i am using
perl -pi -e 's/\n\t/\t' abc.txt

its not working but when i do it from vim it works is ther any other command to do the same task
# 6  
Old 08-31-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by kamitsin
Code:
cat abc.txt | xargs -n3

cat is not needed
Code:
xargs -n3 < file

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