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Command line joining multiple lines.

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jprabaker

jprabaker

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May 31, 2001
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Hi,

I need a simple one liner to join lines taken from standard input so I can store this into a variable. Tried a few things but can't get exactly what I need. Any suggestions?\

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tr '\n' ' '

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That doesnt work unfortunately, just comes back blank. If I remove the space and run:

lsvg | tr '\n' ''

It comes back with 3 lines... But tr '\n' ' ' returns nothing


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John
 
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lsvg | tr '\n' ' '

Hope This Helps, PH.
FAQ219-2884
FAQ181-2886
 
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