string editing - convert to one liner with insertions 1

[arunrr]

Hello,

my input is...
S Arnold and DJ Harper
K Harrison
J Summer
R Shank

I need a one line output as follows...
S Arnold and DJ Harper, K Harrison (TV), K Summer (Referee), R Shank (Reserve)

thanks a ton!
Arun

 

[stefanwagner]

sed '3s/\(.*\)/ \1 (Referee)/;' file | tr "\n" ","

This will change line 4 (substitute) and tr (translate) changes the linebrakes to comma.

The sed-command may be combined with others, separated by ;

sed '3s/\(.*\)/ \1 (Referee)/;2s/\(.*\)/ \1 (TV)/;' file | tr "\n" ","

The last step is left as an excercise to the reader.

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[arunrr]

Thanks a lot!!
Arun

 

[feherke]

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[arunrr]

Thanks Feherke,
Done! Will follow in the future...
Arun