https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/replacing-n-with-newline-with-ed/m-p/2695361#M56524 Please see later message for detail. Tue, 02 Apr 2002 14:16:22 GMT Jonathan Corbeill 2002-04-02T14:16:22Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/replacing-n-with-newline-with-ed/m-p/2695359#M56522 Tue, 02 Apr 2002 14:08:31 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/replacing-n-with-newline-with-ed/m-p/2695359#M56522 Jonathan Corbeill 2002-04-02T14:08:31Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/replacing-n-with-newline-with-ed/m-p/2695360#M56523 Not sure what you are asking. Do you want to remove all newline marks, ie, run the text together? If so, here is an easier way than using ed (or sed or awk, etc):<BR /><BR />echo $(<FILE_NAME></FILE_NAME><BR />(or easier to understand but makes unnecessary use of cat): echo $(cat file_name) Tue, 02 Apr 2002 14:13:38 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/replacing-n-with-newline-with-ed/m-p/2695360#M56523 Bill Hassell 2002-04-02T14:13:38Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/replacing-n-with-newline-with-ed/m-p/2695361#M56524 Please see later message for detail. Tue, 02 Apr 2002 14:16:22 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/replacing-n-with-newline-with-ed/m-p/2695361#M56524 Jonathan Corbeill 2002-04-02T14:16:22Z