merge multiple lines

[praywin]

Hi,
I have a file like

abc bcdcde def
efg fgh


I want awk to read it and print

abc bcd cde def
efg fgh
i.e. substitute \ with " "

Can anyone help me here?
I tried
awk '{if ($NF=="\\&quot {$NF= " ";printf("%s",$0);} else {print}}' file
but it is horribly wrong.

Cheers,
Pravin.

 

[praywin]

I also tried a bash solution

while read line
do
echo $line
done < infile

but it gives the output

abc bcdcde def
efg fgh

Any idea?
Cheers,
Pravin.

 

[Salem]

$NF == "\\" { $NF = "" ; line = line $0 ; next }
{ print line $0 ; line = "" }

 

[vgersh99]

substr($0,length($0),1) != &quot;\\&quot; {print; next}
{sub(&quot;.$&quot;, &quot; &quot;, $0); printf $0}


vlad
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