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Old 10-22-2012
Join lines on finding a pattern
I have a file with the following contents.
Code:
DTP
START
START
START
DTP
START
DTP
START
DTP
START

I like to join the lines like this
Code:
DTP START
    START
    START
DTP START
DTP START
DTP START
DTP START

Code:
My Shell is csh

Last edited by nsuresh316; 10-22-2012 at 06:36 AM..
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Old 10-22-2012
Code:
paste -sd' \n' file

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Old 10-22-2012
Code:
awk '{s=s?s" "$0:$0}
/START/{print s;s=""}' file

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