[SOLVED] How do I remove newlines from a text file?

Issue

I have the following data, and I need to put it all into one line.

I have this:

22791

;

14336

;

22821

;

34653

;

21491

;

25522

;

33238

;

I need this:

22791;14336;22821;34653;21491;25522;33238;

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EDIT

None of these commands is working perfectly.

Most of them let the data look like this:

22791

;14336

;22821

;34653

;21491

;25522

Solution

tr --delete '\n' < yourfile.txt
tr -d '\n' < yourfile.txt

Edit:

If none of the commands posted here are working, then you have something other than a newline separating your fields. Possibly you have DOS/Windows line endings in the file (although I would expect the Perl solutions to work even in that case)?

Try:

tr -d "\n\r" < yourfile.txt

If that doesn't work then you're going to have to inspect your file more closely (e.g. in a hex editor) to find out what characters are actually in there that you want to remove.

Answered By - Tyler McHenry

Answer Checked By - Marilyn (WPSolving Volunteer)