Manipulate column of data using sed 1

[BeadleBlade]

Hi there,

I have a flat file with a column of data i.e.

a
b
c
d

I am wanting to change this using sed so that the characters all appear on the same line i.e.

abcd etc.

Anyone got any ideas on this? Much appreciated (and will impress my new boss ;o))

Cheers

Will

 

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cat myfile|xargs|sed 's/ //g'

 

[BeadleBlade]

Excellent, thanks v. much for this!

 

[SamBones]

Or...

cat myfile | paste -d'\0' - - - -

Hope that helps.

 

[BeadleBlade]

Cheers guys, this info has been v. useful to me.

Will