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Old 03-21-2007, 04:22 AM   #1
psandeepnair1985
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Question Removing new lines from a file


Can any body tell me whether there is any command in bash shell that removes new line(i.e"\n") from a file
 
Old 03-21-2007, 04:25 AM   #2
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You need to give us more information if you want a decent response.

This can be done with tools like sed, or you could write a script in perl.

I hope this isn't homework

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Old 03-21-2007, 04:48 AM   #3
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This thread might help:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=530376
 
Old 03-21-2007, 11:28 PM   #4
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sed -n 'H;${g;s/\n/ /g;p}'

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Old 03-22-2007, 12:50 PM   #5
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Quote:
Originally Posted by psandeepnair1985
Can any body tell me whether there is any command in bash shell that removes new line(i.e"\n") from a file
Code:
tr -d '\012' < FILE
If you want a purely bash solution:

Code:
NL=$'\n'
file=$( < FILE )
printf "%s" "${file//"$NL"/}"
 
Old 03-25-2007, 11:46 AM   #6
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For this general class of problems, there are three Unix/Linux tools that you need to be aware of.

(a) sed ("stream editor") is a tool that can take an input stream (file...), apply a filter or change to it, and write it to an output stream. This tool is usually used with the "|" (pipe) operator in a command.

(b) grep ("regular expressions") is a great tool for finding files and for extracting useful pieces from those files.

(c) awk is a very powerful tool for ripping a file apart, record-by-record and field-by-field, and doing very sophisticated things with them.

Obviously, above-and-beyond this, programming languages like perl and python feature hundreds of pre-built packages of existing code for doing these things and more.

Important Tip... In the Unix/Linux world, there are many ways to do just about anything, and most if not all of them have already been done. Usually, when you think about "building" a solution, you just need to "find" one.
Quote:
Originally Posted by a wise and very lazy sage:

Dictum ne agas -- Do not do a thing already done.

Last edited by sundialsvcs; 03-25-2007 at 11:48 AM.
 
  


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