Attempting to convert data from 2

[jdespres]

I would like to convert the following format from:

name
name
name
name
name

to

name name name name name name ....

I have 600 data element(s) that I would like to be installed on one line...

 

[PHV]

tr '\n' ' ' < /path/to/input > output

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cat datafile|xargs echo > mynewdatafile

 

[jdespres]

Both are AWEsome!!!!...

Now if I can break these up into 40 data item chunks

 

[PHV]

awk '{x=x" "$0}!(NR%40){print x;x=""}END{if(x!="")print x}' /path/to/input > output

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cat datafile|xargs -n40 echo

 

[jdespres]

Very Much Awesome!