Hi,

I have a text file with the data in rows the data file has specfic pattern of rows I need to convert first 3 lines of rows into columns by doing a pattern search below is an example it would be appreciated I need to use shell script awk sed to this.

data file.txt INPUT
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1 john smith I am new to unix
12345/00
x:134 y:23
2 john smith I am new to unix
12345/00
x:134 y:23
3 john smith I am new to unix
12345/00
x:134 y:23
4 john smith I am new to unix
12345/00
x:134 y:23
5 john smith I am new to unix
12345/00
x:134 y:23
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above is the line pattern I want the first started by 1 output to look like this

OUTPUT:
john smith i am new to etc. 12345/00 x:13y:23
I would appreciate it if someone can help me out with this small problem. I got far as using awk input field seperate by new line \n and was able to print 3 lines but not in a column format.