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or with just awk:

Code:

# awk '{FS=":";a=$2;getline;b=$2;getline;c=$2;printf "%s %s %s\n",a,b,c;getline}' file
value1 value2 value3
value1 value2 value3
value1 value2 value3

This awk example would be a little ungainly with 31 parameters, what i've been trying to do is something like this, but build an array and then print out the array to a single line when I reach an empty line in the input. A bit like era's example earlier, but matching the output from your cut and paste example.

Any ideas?

The cut and paste has worked, but i'm interested in how this could be achieved in awk.

regards,
nick

I'll switch to nawk:

Code:

#  nawk -F: '$0!=""{printf "%s ", $2;next}1' file

value1 value2 value3
value1 value2 value3
value1 value2 value3

That looks like a neat solution.

Unfortunately we don't have nawk on our environment for some reason. (just scanned the server to make sure)

How would you do this with awk?

i think in this case instead of nawk you can use awk also..
i mean
awk -F: '$0!=""{printf "%s ", $2;next}1' file

Code:

awk 'BEGIN{RS=""; FS=":"}
{
   for (i=2; i<=NF; i+=2)
      printf("%s ", $i)
   print ""
}' file

how about

Code:

[#  /usr/xpg4/bin/awk -F: '$0!=""{printf "%s ", $2;next}1' file