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# 8  
Old 11-22-2018
This works for your input data:

Code:
awk -F'|' '$1 ~ /^[0-9]+$/ { if(T) print T; T=$0; next; }
{ T = T " " $0; }
END { if(T) print T; }' allnum.txt

...but cannot be 100% reliable as Don Cragun says. It relies on the first field being all numbers, and if the broken line ever manages to imitate that, it will be fooled. And if | ever appears in a record nothing good will happen.

Last edited by Corona688; 11-22-2018 at 11:44 AM..
# 9  
Old 11-25-2018
Thanks Rudi C,
In my file total fields are 17 and expected pipes are 16
Your command is working fine in case of extra pipes also i.e more than 16 pipes. Can you please help me with expalanation how its working in case of extra pipes in data.
Please find below input and output after applying your command.
I will be very Thankful to you !!!!


Input:
Below rows have extra pipes than expected:
1st row (19 pipes),2nd row (18 pipes, \n in data ),3rd row (19 pipes)

Below rows have no Extra pipes i.e 16 pipes as expected.
4th (row has \n in data ),5th row has no extra pipes i.e 16 pipes

Input:
Code:
3071454|Organizer|324888|Filing|Bailey | Stock | Harmon | Cottam P.C.||||||||||||
333333|DDD|97233|UUUUUU REP||AMAR||AJAY||P.O. Box 69 MMMMMMMMMM JJ 6666||
JJJ BBBB P.O. Box 4 MMMMMMMMMM JJ 44444
delmer Speidel P.O. Box 242 MMMMMMMMMM JJ 99456, See File For More.....|||||||
3182134|Organizer|339933|Filing|BAILEY | STOCK | HARMON | COTTAM P.C.||||Registered Agent|221 E 21st St, Cheyenne, Laramie County, WY  82001|||||||
888888|Director|97382|UUUUUU REP||ANTHONY|K|JOSHI||1144 JNM ROAD LLLLLLLLLLLLL JJ 82513, Laurie Ideker, Leon Sanderson
coralie Emmons P.O. Box 34 LLLLLLLLLLLLL JJ 82513
wanda Knowles P.O. Box 958 LLLLLLLLLLLLL JJ 82513, See File For More...|||||||
999999|President|97692|UUUUUU REP||See||File|||||||||


Output:

Code:
3071454|Organizer|324888|Filing|Bailey | Stock | Harmon | Cottam P.C.||||||||||||
333333|DDD|97233|UUUUUU REP||AMAR||AJAY||P.O. Box 69 MMMMMMMMMM JJ 6666|| JJJ BBBB P.O. Box 4 MMMMMMMMMM JJ 44444 delmer Speidel P.O. Box 242 MMMMMMMMMM JJ 99456, See File For More.....|||||||
3182134|Organizer|339933|Filing|BAILEY | STOCK | HARMON | COTTAM P.C.||||Registered Agent|221 E 21st St, Cheyenne, Laramie County, WY  82001|||||||
888888|Director|97382|UUUUUU REP||ANTHONY|K|JOSHI||1144 JNM ROAD LLLLLLLLLLLLL JJ 82513, Laurie Ideker, Leon Sanderson coralie Emmons P.O. Box 34 LLLLLLLLLLLLL JJ 82513 wanda Knowles P.O. Box 958 LLLLLLLLLLLLL JJ 82513, See File For More...|||||||
999999|President|97692|UUUUUU REP||See||File|||||||||


Last edited by Neo; 11-26-2018 at 12:19 AM..
# 10  
Old 11-25-2018
Quote:
Originally Posted by rajeshkumare
Thanks Rudi C,
In my file total fields are 17 and expected pipes are 16
Your command is working fine in case of extra pipes also i.e more than 16 pipes. Can you please help me with expalanation how its working in case of extra pipes in data.
...
Not sure I understand your question. Additional lines will be read and appended to $0 until there are 17 fields in $0. No distinction is made between pipe field separators and "extra pipes". Should your input have many "extra pipes" in early fields, that method may fail and still leave you with truncated lines.
Should that become a problem, see posts #5 and #7.
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