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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>tr — remove new line characters with tr<br />
tr -d '\n' < days.txt<br />
cat days.txt | tr -d '\n'<br />
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While the new line characters can be replaced with spaces using the tr program as follows.<br />
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tr '\n' ' ' < days.txt<br />
cat days.txt | tr '\n' ' '<br />
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awk — remove new line characters with awk or gawk<br />
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Either of the following commands can be used to delete new lines using awk or gawk.<br />
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awk '{ printf "%s", $0 }' days.txt<br />
cat days.txt | awk '{ printf "%s", $0 }'<br />
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While the new line characters can be replaced with spaces using either of the following commands.<br />
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awk '{ printf "%s ", $0 }' days.txt<br />
cat days.txt | awk '{ printf "%s ", $0 }' <br />
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