Join all lines in a file 2

[MikeAJ]

I'm trying to join all lines in a file so there is only one line remaining. Here is what I've tried:

sed '$!N;s/\n//g' /files/multiline.txt > /files/singleline.txt

This seems like it would work, but it joins line 1 and 2 and then lines 3 and 4, but it doesn't join the new line 1 with the new line 2.

Is there a better way other than sed to do this?

Thanks!

 

[Chacalinc]

and awk?

awk '{ print $0 }' file.txt > newfile.txt

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[Chacalinc]

sorry, it was printf not print

awk '{ printf $0 }' file.txt > newfile.txt

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[SamBones]

How about...

tr -d '\n' < file.txt > newfile.txt

Hope this helps.

 

[MikeAJ]

Thanks to both of you for the quick response! Both methods work perfectly!

 

[feherke]

Hi

With [tt]sed[/tt] I usually do this as:

sed -n 'H;${g;s/\n//g;p}' /files/multiline.txt > /files/singleline.txt

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[futurelet]

awk '{ printf $0 }' file.txt > newfile.txt

This will fail with the first line that contains "%s", "%d", etc. Correct is

awk '{printf "%s",$0}'

or

awk 'BEGIN{ORS=""}1'

 

[Chacalinc]

good shot futurelet, thanks for improve it!!

Cheers.

Chacal, Inc.