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edit multiple lines of a text file into 1 line:

hi, i got a file like this:

Code:

carrier-1 09-04-09_07:36:19

        Carrier Totals:  14245    5376298.39

carrier-2 09-04-09_10:09:23

        Carrier Totals:      2        95.00

carrier-3 09-04-09_10:09:48

        Carrier Totals:      1        306.00

and i want each group to appear on 1 line so i can grep/ sort / cut it easier like so:

Code:

carrier-1 09-04-09_07:36:19 Carrier Totals:  14245    5376298.39

carrier-2 09-04-09_10:09:23 Carrier Totals:      2        95.00

carrier-3 09-04-09_10:09:48 Carrier Totals:      1        306.00

does anyone have any ideas ?

Use the N command of sed to add the next line to the pattern space, then substitute the newline with a space and remove the spaces at the beginning of the second line:

Code:

sed '$!N;s/\n/ /;s/ //' file

awk

Code:

# awk 'ORS=(NR%2)?" ":"\n"' file

carrier-1 09-04-09_07:36:19        Carrier Totals:  14245    5376298.39

carrier-2 09-04-09_10:09:23        Carrier Totals:      2        95.00

carrier-3 09-04-09_10:09:48        Carrier Totals:      1        306.00