sed editing of file with x\0a LF

[ytakbob]

attempting to eliminate all line Feeds from a file..
using the following

cat filename | sed "s/\^J//g" > newfile

I receive the error:
sed: 0602-410 The first regular expression cannot be null.

so how do I eliminate LInefeeds from a file ??

Thanks folks!
Bob
Bob Schmid
bob_schmid@hmis.org
330-746-1010 ext. 1347

 

[nwardez]

Hi,

Try
sed "s/^M//" filename > newfile

You get "^M" by typing Control-V then Control-M.

 

[ytakbob]

I guess what I should have said is I am trying to eliminate all X&quot;0a&quot;'s - Line Feed <lf>

X&quot;0d&quot;'s are Carriage Returns <cr> - I am able to take care of those using the above syntax with ^M

but line feeds x &quot;0a&quot;'s seem to cause the command to ...well... line feed..it seems like I need to &quot;quote this somehow.....

care to take another schwing !?!?!


Bob Bob Schmid
bob_schmid@hmis.org
330-746-1010 ext. 1347

 

[sectorseveng]

Use tr, example:
tr -d '\n' < filename > newfile

 

[ytakbob]

that's the ticket !
thanks Bob Schmid
bob_schmid@hmis.org
330-746-1010 ext. 1347