Multiple lines in one 1

[Guest_imported]

Hi guys,
I want to joing multiple line in one

ex
This is a
test
for multilple line.
Does it
work?


I want it to be like
This is a test for multiple line. Does it work?

I am very new to unix.

thanks for your help
Ani

 

[olded]

Hi:

Assuming you example is in f.file and using ksh, the easiet way is to read each word and print it out:

#!/bin/ksh
while read x
do
printf "%s " $x
done < f.file

Regards,


Ed

 

[bigoldbulldog]

Here's a sed sol'n.

sed -e :a -e '$!N;s/ *\n/ /;ta' < f.file
Cheers,
ND

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