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thanks a million..this works great except that i need &gt;&nbsp;right after the string <br />
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currently, i got this:<br />
this is a string and a string and a strin and it is very long &nbsp;&gt; now, one day a person came up to me and &gt;&nbsp;this is another test and so on let say ..&gt;<br />
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but i am trying this:<br />
this is a string and a string and a strin and it is very long &gt;&nbsp;now, one day a person came up to me and&gt; this is another test and so on let say ..&gt;<br />
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i think, i understand now....the reason am i getting a space after long &gt;&nbsp;is because in the file there is a space as well...pls let me know if i misunderstood...
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What are the rules for the &gt;&nbsp; <br />
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In your example output, 'long' has a space after it, but 'and' doesn't.<br />
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Assuming you want no spaces, then you can do:<br />
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sed 1d file | paste -d' ' -s|sed -e &quot;s/Test..//&quot;g -e 's/.$/&gt;/' -e 's/ &gt;/&gt;/g'
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i have a test file like this...<br />
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&gt;Test 1<br />
this is a string and a string and a strin<br />
and it is very long <br />
&gt;Test 2<br />
now, one day a person came up to me and<br />
&gt;Test 3<br />
this is another test and so on let say ...<br />
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There could be two lines as Test 1 has 2 two lines and Test 2 has one line and Test 3 has one line only,etc...<br />
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and the expected output is :<br />
this is a string and a string and a strin and it is very long&gt; now, one day a person came up to me and&gt;this is another test and so on let say ..&gt;<br />
<br />
could anyone pls help me on ths..thanks..<br />
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i have a test file like this...

>Test 1
this is a string and a string and a strin
and it is very long 
>Test 2
now, one day a person came up to me and
>Test 3
this is another test and so on let say ...

There could be two lines as Test 1 has 2 two lines and Test 2 has one line and Test 3 has one line only,etc...

and the expected output is :
this is a string and a string and a strin and it is very long> now, one day a person came up to me and>this is another test and so on let say ..>

could anyone pls help me on ths..thanks..






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