Hi,

How about:
:%s/\n\(YYY\)\@!/ \1/g

Explanation:
\n - new line
\(YYY\)\@! - not followed by YYY
/ \1/ - replace with a space plus the line



On Fri, 21 May 2021 at 12:46, Igor <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> I have the following data:
>
> YYY AAA
> YYY BBB
> CCCCC
> YYY CCC
> DDDD
> EEEE
> (and few hundreds rows)
>
> Rules:
> 1. First line always starts with YYY.
> 2. Line should start with YYY.
> 3. All lines that do not start with YYY must be joined into previous lines.
>
> Above sample data should become:
>
> YYY AAA
> YYY BBB CCCCC
> YYY CCC DDDD EEEE
>
> How to accomplish transformation?
> Regards
>
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