https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/need-help-appending-lines-combining-lines-within-a-file/m-p/4950799#M103385 Hello Manuel,<BR /><BR />Here is an awk solution that you can use:<BR /><BR /># awk 'BEGIN{RS="";FS="\n"} {print $1,$2}' inputfile<BR /><BR />cheers! Fri, 06 Jan 2006 17:43:00 GMT Sandman! 2006-01-06T17:43:00Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/need-help-appending-lines-combining-lines-within-a-file/m-p/4950798#M103384 Is there a way to combine two lines onto a single line...append the following line onto the previous line?<BR /><BR />I have the following file that contains some blank lines and some lines I would like to append to the previous line...<BR /><BR />current file:<BR />checking dsk c19t2d6<BR /><BR />checking dsk c19t2d7<BR /><BR />checking dsk c19t3d0<BR /><BR />checking dsk c21t0d4<BR />/dev/dsk/c21t0d4<BR /><BR />checking dsk c21t0d5<BR />/dev/dsk/c21t0d5<BR /><BR />checking dsk c21t0d6<BR />/dev/dsk/c21t0d6<BR /><BR />checking dsk c21t0d7<BR />/dev/dsk/c21t0d7<BR /><BR /><BR />looking for something like this:<BR /><BR />checking dsk c19t2d6<BR />checking dsk c19t2d7<BR />checking dsk c19t3d0<BR />checking dsk c21t0d4 /dev/dsk/c21t0d4<BR />checking dsk c21t0d5/dev/dsk/c21t0d5<BR />checking dsk c21t0d6/dev/dsk/c21t0d6<BR />checking dsk c21t0d7/dev/dsk/c21t0d7<BR /><BR />any assistance would be appreciated...thanks and happy new year,<BR />manuel Fri, 06 Jan 2006 17:16:45 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/need-help-appending-lines-combining-lines-within-a-file/m-p/4950798#M103384 Manuel Contreras 2006-01-06T17:16:45Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/need-help-appending-lines-combining-lines-within-a-file/m-p/4950799#M103385 Hello Manuel,<BR /><BR />Here is an awk solution that you can use:<BR /><BR /># awk 'BEGIN{RS="";FS="\n"} {print $1,$2}' inputfile<BR /><BR />cheers! Fri, 06 Jan 2006 17:43:00 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/need-help-appending-lines-combining-lines-within-a-file/m-p/4950799#M103385 Sandman! 2006-01-06T17:43:00Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/need-help-appending-lines-combining-lines-within-a-file/m-p/4950800#M103386 checking c18t13d5 /dev/dsk/c18t13d5<BR />checking c18t13d6 /dev/dsk/c18t13d6<BR />checking c18t13d7 /dev/dsk/c18t13d7<BR />checking c18t14d0 /dev/dsk/c18t14d0<BR />checking c18t14d1 /dev/dsk/c18t14d1<BR />checking c18t14d2 /dev/dsk/c18t14d2<BR />checking c18t14d3 /dev/dsk/c18t14d3<BR />checking c18t14d4 /dev/dsk/c18t14d4<BR />checking c18t14d5 /dev/dsk/c18t14d5<BR />checking c18t14d6 /dev/dsk/c18t14d6<BR />checking c18t14d7 /dev/dsk/c18t14d7<BR />checking c18t15d0 /dev/dsk/c18t15d0<BR />checking c18t15d1 /dev/dsk/c18t15d1<BR />checking c18t15d2 /dev/dsk/c18t15d2<BR />checking c18t15d3 /dev/dsk/c18t15d3<BR />checking c18t15d4 /dev/dsk/c18t15d4<BR />checking c18t15d5 /dev/dsk/c18t15d5<BR />checking c18t15d6 <BR />checking c18t15d7 <BR />checking c19t0d0 <BR />checking c19t0d1 <BR />checking c19t0d2 <BR />checking c19t0d3 <BR />checking c19t0d4 <BR /><BR />worked like a charm, thanks :D Fri, 06 Jan 2006 17:50:54 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/need-help-appending-lines-combining-lines-within-a-file/m-p/4950800#M103386 Manuel Contreras 2006-01-06T17:50:54Z