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# 1  
Old 11-07-2008
Re-arrangement of data
Dear Frineds,
I have a flat file as follows

ABCD
ABDCWQE
POIERAS
ADSGASGFG
GHJKFHD
XBDFGHFGDH

POIU
IJPFG
AFGJFPGOU
A;DGUPGU
SFSDFDSDFHDSF
SDFGHSFDH


I want this column to be converted into row like follows
ABCD, ABDCWQE, POIERAS, ADSGASGFG, GHJKFHD, XBDFGHFGDH
POIU, IJPFG, AFGJFPGOU, A;DGUPGU, SFSDFDSDFHDSF, SDFGHSFDH

How can I do this?
Please guide me.
Thanks in advance
# 2  
Old 11-07-2008
You can try like this....
cat temp.log | perl -lp00e 's/\n(?=(\w))/$1?", ":""/eg'
# 3  
Old 11-07-2008
With AWK:

Code:
awk '$1=$1' RS=  OFS=, infile

But the code above assumes no blanks in the fields.
If that assumption is wrong, use this:

Code:
awk '$1=$1' RS=  FS='\n' OFS=, infile

Use nawk or /usr/xpg4/bin/awk on Solaris.
# 4  
Old 11-07-2008
Dear Friend
I have tried awk '$1=$1' RS= FS='\n' OFS=, infile but the script named as rearng.sh gives following error

rearng.sh: 1=1: not found.
awk: Cannot find or open file infile.
The source line number is 1.
# 5  
Old 11-07-2008
Could you post the content of your script?
You should substitute infile with your real filename.

Did you try the perl solution?
# 6  
Old 11-08-2008
Dear Rado,
I have tried the solution given by you and its working perfect. Just to know, what if i want the output file to be pipe (|) separated instead of comma (,)?
And secondly as you have asked if I have tried perl. I dont know how to use perl for it. It would be really great if you guide me thro it as well.

Thank you for all your help.
# 7  
Old 11-08-2008
Assuming you file is named file:

Code:
% cat file
ABCD
ABDCWQE
POIERAS
ADSGASGFG
GHJKFHD
XBDFGHFGDH

POIU
IJPFG
AFGJFPGOU
A;DGUPGU
SFSDFDSDFHDSF
SDFGHSFDH

With AWK:

Code:
% awk '$1=$1' RS=  OFS=\| file 
ABCD|ABDCWQE|POIERAS|ADSGASGFG|GHJKFHD|XBDFGHFGDH
POIU|IJPFG|AFGJFPGOU|A;DGUPGU|SFSDFDSDFHDSF|SDFGHSFDH

With Perl:

Code:
% perl -lp00e 's/\n(?=(\w))/$1?"|":""/eg' file
ABCD|ABDCWQE|POIERAS|ADSGASGFG|GHJKFHD|XBDFGHFGDH
POIU|IJPFG|AFGJFPGOU|A;DGUPGU|SFSDFDSDFHDSF|SDFGHSFDH

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