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convert text rows to columns awk
Name: john smith123 Date: April 16, 2006 at 18:02:58 Pacific OS: solaris 2.8 CPU/Ram: 400mhz/500MB
Comment:
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 ---------------
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 ---------- 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.
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