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Hi Friends,

Am new to Unix world and this is my first post in this forum.
I was stuck in displaying the content.

while displaying the content the below points to be taken care

1 ) The header format is repeating
2) To display the value in table format
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Example: I have a file which contains the below data
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empname
robert
empid
787
design
consultant
empname
alex
empid
898
design
advocate
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Desired output should be
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empname empid design
robert 787 consultant
alex 898 advocate
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I have achieved the below output but this is not my requirement.
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empname robert
empid 787
design consultant
empname alex
empid 898
design advocate

Kindly help me to achieve the desired output as shown above

Thanks in advance.

Hello,

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Thanks,
R. Singh

Thanks for your response.

With the help of below code i have achieved the given output shown in my previous thread

paste -s ' ' - - < inputfile > outputfile

---------- Post updated at 11:37 PM ---------- Previous update was at 10:23 PM ----------

Typo error in my previous post, the updated one below.

paste -d ' ' - - < inputfile > outputfile

Kindly help me to achieve the desired output.
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Desired output should be
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empname empid design
robert 787 consultant
alex 898 advocate

Thanks