alternative to paste 1

[dodge20]

Is there a sed alternative to paste? I am using
paste -s -d" " test2.txt > test2.tmp

to replace returns with spaces

but I read in the man pages that there is a limit of 511 characters. There might be instances where the output is longer than 511 characters.

Thanks

Dodge20

 

[feherke]

Hi

If I understand your goal correctly

tr '\n' ' ' < test2.txt > test2.tmp

[gray]# or[/gray]

awk -vORS=" " 1 test2.txt > test2.tmp

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[feherke]

Hi

But while your asked for [tt]sed[/tt]

sed -n '1{h;n};H;${g;y/\n/ /;p}' test2.txt > test2.tmp

[gray]# or abit faster[/gray]

sed -n 'H;${g;s/\n//;y/\n/ /;p}' test2.txt > test2.tmp

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[dodge20]

Both those sed commands give me a command garbled error. Both the tr and awk commands work, so I think I can use those.

Thanks

Dodge20

 

[feherke]

Hi

Oops. I forgot to add the disclaimer :

Tested with GNU [tt]sed[/tt].

Sadly many of my [tt]sed[/tt] solutions are based on GNU [tt]sed[/tt]'s enhanced versatility.

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/