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Originally Posted by Franklin52

Another one:

Code:

awk '{printf("%s%s",$0,NR%3?" ":"\n")}' file

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Code:

nawk 'ORS=(FNR%3)?FS:RS' myFile

as an alternative to a more classic 'paste'

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That Works, but I Just need to make sure my file is consistent if not I will just have huge problem.

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