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afender99

afender99

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hi guys,

i got this file with content as follow:

abc
123
def
456
lmn
789

my problem is how to reconstruct the content to be like the one shown below

abc 123
def 456
lmn 789


 
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Try it:

sed -n "$!N;s/\(^.*\)\n\(.*$\)/\1 \2/p" yourfile

tikual
 
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hi tikual

it works .. thks a lot!!

afender99

 
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You could also have used paste...

paste -s -d' \n' file1
 
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