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SHIFTA

11-05-2009 10:27 PM

Row manipulation with awk

Hi guys,

I want to move (cut) the second row onto the first using awk. I show you what I mean:

test
test1

Basically, I want to move "test1" next to "test"

test test1

Cheers,

Sam

pixellany

11-05-2009 10:37 PM

To get the right logic, you need to show more of the file content. e.g. will you do the stated action ONLY when you find "test" on one line?

If it is that simple, then:

Code:

sed '/^test$/{N;s/\n/ /}' filename > newfilename

If finding the word "test" alone on a line, then append the next line and strip out the newline character. Write the result to "newfilename"

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