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# 1  
Old 02-01-2006
Combine two lines
Hi
I have a file with the records

1 A B C D
2 E F G H
3 I J K L
4 M N O P
In the ouput I want

1 A B C D 2 # F G H
3 I J K L 4 M N O P

How to achieve this?
# 2  
Old 02-01-2006
For every two lines....

Code:
[/tmp]$ echo "1 A B C D
2 E F G H
3 I J K L
4 M N O P
" | sed -n -e 'N;s_\(.*\)\n\(.*\)_\1 \2_p'
1 A B C D 2 E F G H
3 I J K L 4 M N O P
[/tmp]$

# 3  
Old 02-01-2006
or...
Code:
$ echo "1 A B C D
2 E F G H
3 I J K L
4 M N O P
" | paste -d ' ' - -
1 A B C D 2 E F G H
3 I J K L 4 M N O P

# 4  
Old 02-01-2006
Thanks vino
Is it possible using awk?
# 5  
Old 02-01-2006
Ygor's solution is one of the simplest. You should look into that.
# 6  
Old 02-01-2006
There are so many posts with this topic, wonder why few people never search the forum before they post... is it not a basic rule of this forum ?
# 7  
Old 02-01-2006
Thanks Ygor
I posted that without seeing the post!
 
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