On Wednesday 29 August 2007 17:36:38 Kumar Appaiah wrote: > On Wed, Aug 29, 2007 at 03:17:46PM +0200, Joe Hart wrote: > > <begin 1.txt> > > This is a test > > file, what I am > > trying to do is get the lines to join. > > > > It isn't a complicated thing, > > but I also want to keep the paragraphs > > separate. > > </end 1.txt> > > [snip] > > > But ideally I'd like to just have a script to do it, but cannot figure > > out how to go about it, as sed doesn't seem to be working. > > If I run your file through fmt, I get > <output> > This is a test file, what I am trying to do is get the lines to join. > > It isn't a complicated thing, but I also want to keep the paragraphs > separate. > </output> > > Of course, that may not have been what you were looking for, but I > just thought some might find it useful later.
I appreciate the answer, I didn't even know about the fmt command until now. It does seem to work in the example, but not on the real file(s) that I am working with. Something makes me think that these files have some very strange characters in them, but they don't seem to show up when I cat the file. In any event, I'll keep plugging away. Joe -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
