On Wednesday 29 August 2007 17:26:25 Mumia W.. wrote: > On 08/29/2007 08:17 AM, Joe Hart wrote: > > I am having trouble using sed to edit text files, heres a good example of > > what I am looking for: > > > > <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> > > > > I try this command: > > [...] > > Here's another Perl solution: > > perl -00 -pe 's/\n+(?!$)/ /g; s/\n\n$/\n/' myfile.txt > > If you want to keep the blank lines between paragraphs, remove the > second substitution.
Thank you everyone, that little bit of perl seems to work, and yes I did want to keep the blank line so I end up with: perl -00 -pe 's/\n+(?!$)/ /g;' < 1.txt > 2.txt which is exactly what is written above - the second substitution. I did use the dos2unix command first which may have helped. In any event, my problem is solved and I am a happy camper. I knew it could be done, and in the process I have learned quite a bit about regex and even can get a clue what that perl is doing, although I am still not quite capable of creating such a masterpiece of a line. Joe -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
