Merging every second line with previous

[Zahier]

Hi,

I have an input file:

aaaaaa
bbbbbb
cccccc
dddddd
eeeeee
ffffff

I'm trying to use awk to merge the lines so they'll look like:

aaaaaabbbbbb
ccccccdddddd
eeeeeeffffff

Please help

 

[Salem]

awk '{ getline b ; print $0 b }' file

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[Zahier]

It works great. Thanks Salem!!

 

[Zahier]

Hi,

When I run :
awk '{ getline b ; print $0 b }' file
on a SUN OS it gives different results:

bbbbbb
dddddd
ffff

instead of:
aaaaaabbbbbb
ccccccdddddd
eeeeeeffffff

Is awk not compatible on all Unix/Linux boxes?

 

[PHV]

Try using nawk

Hope This Help, PH.
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[vgersh99]

awk '{printf("%s%s", $0, (FNR%2) ? "" : "\n")}' file

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