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# 1  
Old 01-14-2008
transforming a multiline record to single line
Hi All
I have a file like this

<LText>gvsvdkag<LREC>bdjvdj</LREC>nididyvv</LText>
<LText>gvsvdkag<LREC>bdj
vdj</LREC>nididyvv</LText>
<LText>gvsvdkag<LREC>b
djvdj</LREC>nididyvv</LText>
<LText>gvsvdkag<LREC>bdjvdj</LREC>nididyvv</LText>

How will i change the file to
<LText>gvsvdkag<LREC>bdjvdj</LREC>nididyvv</LText>
<LText>gvsvdkag<LREC>bdjvdj</LREC>nididyvv</LText>
<LText>gvsvdkag<LREC>bdjvdj</LREC>nididyvv</LText>
<LText>gvsvdkag<LREC>bdjvdj</LREC>nididyvv</LText>

Please help this is urgent!!!
# 2  
Old 01-14-2008
$ cat xmltype.txt
<LText>gvsvdkag<LREC>bdjvdj</LREC>nididyvv</LText>
<LText>gvsvdkag<LREC>bdj
vdj</LREC>nididyvv</LText>
<LText>gvsvdkag<LREC>b
djvdj</LREC>nididyvv</LText>
<LText>gvsvdkag<LREC>bdjvdj</LREC>nididyvv</LText>

$ awk '{ if($0~/>$/) ORS="\n"; else ORS=""; print}' xmltype.txt
<LText>gvsvdkag<LREC>bdjvdj</LREC>nididyvv</LText>
<LText>gvsvdkag<LREC>bdjvdj</LREC>nididyvv</LText>
<LText>gvsvdkag<LREC>bdjvdj</LREC>nididyvv</LText>
<LText>gvsvdkag<LREC>bdjvdj</LREC>nididyvv</LText>

//Jadu
# 3  
Old 01-14-2008
Code:
sed -n '/[>]$/p;/[^>]$/{N;s/\n//;p}' file

# 4  
Old 01-14-2008
Different syntax:


[gawk, nawk and /usr/xpg4/bin/awk on Solaris]

Code:
awk '(ORS=/<\/LText>/?"\n":"")||1' data

or:

Code:
awk '{x=x$0}/<\/LText>/{print x;x=""}' data

# 5  
Old 01-14-2008
[gawk, nawk and /usr/xpg4/bin/awk on Solaris]

Code:
awk '(ORS=/<\/LText>/?"\n":"")||1' data

or:

Code:
awk '{x=x$0}/<\/LText>/{print x;x=""}' data

[/QUOTE]

It says

awk: record `<L:RECORD><L:EPOCH>1...' too long

Is there any solution for this
# 6  
Old 01-14-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by anju
[gawk, nawk and /usr/xpg4/bin/awk on Solaris]
[...]
It says

awk: record `<L:RECORD><L:EPOCH>1...' too long

Is there any solution for this

What OS? Solaris?
(if yes, did you try nawk?)
# 7  
Old 01-14-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by radoulov
What OS? Solaris?
(if yes, did you try nawk?)
its unix!!!
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