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Old 09-24-2011
To bring all characters in one line in unix
How to bring all characters in one line in unix/solaris ?
Eg :
If it is
a
b
c

then it should show

abc
# 2  
Old 09-24-2011
Code:
tr -d '\n'

# 3  
Old 09-24-2011
Code:
$ paste -d" " - - - < infile
a b c
$
$ tr '\n' ' ' < infile
a b c 
$
$ xargs < infile
a b c
$
$ echo `cat infile`
a b c
$

 
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