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join two lines

join two lines

join two lines

(OP)
similar to thread822-1378654: Join 2 lines, but my keyword is on the 2nd line.
Sample Data:
15 EL01-007-CUST-SAVACCT-1 REDEFINES EL01-EVENT-DATA.
20 EL01-007-FR-CUST-SAV1
PIC X(17).
20 EL01-007-TO-CUST-SAV1
PIC X(17).
20 FILLER PIC X(416).
15 EL01-008-CUST-VERID REDEFINES EL01-EVENT-DATA.
20 EL01-008-FR-CUST-VERID
PIC X(15).
20 EL01-008-TO-CUST-VERID
PIC X(15).
20 FILLER PIC X(420).

Problem: If a line starts with PIC, I want to join it to the previous line. However, if the PIC is not first (like the FILLER lines, do nothing. If no PIC in the line, do nothing. This file is 12k lines, so not practical to do manually.
Thanks for the help getting started.

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RE: join two lines



Try this:

CODE

awk '$1=="PIC"{print ll" "$0; next} substr($0,length($0),1)=="." {print $0;next}{ll=$0}' cobdata.txt 
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