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[we2aresame]

I have a file like this:
{"1","abc","hello",
"yes","w",
"ok","thanks"}
{"good","try","56",
"how are you","45",
"long","th"}
...
I need change it to:

{"1","abc","hello","yes","w","ok","thanks"}
{"good","try","56","how are you","45","long","th"}
...

The file is very huge, I may can only use script to do this. Somebody can give me a hand? thanks.

 

[PHV]

Try something like this:
awk '{buf=buf""$0}/}/{print buf;buf=""}' /path/to/inputfile

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[we2aresame]

Thanks PHV.
I checked the manual of awk, I couldn't find a "buf". So what's the meaning of "buf=buf"? Thanks.

 

[RajendraSingh]

If you have Perl:
cat x | perl -e 'while (<>) { chomp; printf "%s", $_; print "\n" if (/}/); }'

 

[PHV]

buf is simply the name of a variable holding th running stuff to print.
Have you tried my awk script ?

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[we2aresame]

Thanks PHV, your script is very good solution.