How do I combine the last 2 lines of a file

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Wow. That worked!

Thank you very much.

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Hello Mr.jimbob its once again karthigayan,

I think you doesn't copy the sequence fully .You have missed the '(' which I have in the sequence . Have a look on my previous post.

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