Hi all,

Sorry to bother but I am a rookie and got this to do.
I need to format this output :
"************************************************* ***********************"
S_PASSWD_READ patrol3 OK Sat Aug 19 09:30:03 2006 db2
audit object read event detected /etc/security/passwd
S_PASSWD_READ patrol3 OK Sat Aug 19 09:30:03 2006 db2bp
audit object read event detected /etc/security/passwd
S_PASSWD_READ patrol3 OK Sat Aug 19 09:30:03 2006 db2bp
audit object read event detected /etc/security/passwd
S_PASSWD_READ patrol3 OK Sat Aug 19 09:30:03 2006 db2bp
audit object read event detected /etc/security/passwd
S_PASSWD_READ patrol3 OK Sat Aug 19 09:30:03 2006 db2bp
audit object read event detected /etc/security/passwd

"************************************************* ***********************"

So that the 2nd lined is append to the first till the end of the
output.

I got the input file into a arry and I block somehow now...
************************************************** **********************
if [ "$#" -eq "0" ]
then
echo "==> Please give the full path for the incoming file"
read INPUT
echo "Your answer was" $INPUT
fi
file_name=$INPUT
i=0
while read file_line
do
line_array[i]=${file_line}
echo "This is the line:" $file_line
echo $file_line >> /u/t315511/scripts/chris.out
if [ "^$file_line" = " " ]
then
echo "Here is one " $file_line
fi
let i=${i}+1
done < ${file_name}
echo ${line_array[@]}
************************************************** **********************

cberthu@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Sorry to bother but I am a rookie and got this to do.
> I need to format this output :
> "************************************************* ***********************"
> S_PASSWD_READ patrol3 OK Sat Aug 19 09:30:03 2006 db2
> audit object read event detected /etc/security/passwd
> S_PASSWD_READ patrol3 OK Sat Aug 19 09:30:03 2006 db2bp
> audit object read event detected /etc/security/passwd
> S_PASSWD_READ patrol3 OK Sat Aug 19 09:30:03 2006 db2bp
> audit object read event detected /etc/security/passwd
> S_PASSWD_READ patrol3 OK Sat Aug 19 09:30:03 2006 db2bp
> audit object read event detected /etc/security/passwd
> S_PASSWD_READ patrol3 OK Sat Aug 19 09:30:03 2006 db2bp
> audit object read event detected /etc/security/passwd
>
> "************************************************* ***********************"
>
> So that the 2nd lined is append to the first till the end of the
> output.
>
> I got the input file into a arry and I block somehow now...
> ************************************************** **********************
> if [ "$#" -eq "0" ]
> then
> echo "==> Please give the full path for the incoming file"
> read INPUT
> echo "Your answer was" $INPUT
> fi
> file_name=$INPUT
> i=0
> while read file_line
> do
> line_array[i]=${file_line}
> echo "This is the line:" $file_line
> echo $file_line >> /u/t315511/scripts/chris.out
> if [ "^$file_line" = " " ]
> then
> echo "Here is one " $file_line
> fi
> let i=${i}+1
> done < ${file_name}
> echo ${line_array[@]}
> ************************************************** **********************
>

awk 'NR%2{s=$0;next}{print s$0}' file

Ed.

On 22 Aug 2006 05:33:28 -0700, cberthu@gmail.com
<cberthu@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Sorry to bother but I am a rookie and got this to do.
> I need to format this output :
> "************************************************* ***********************"
> S_PASSWD_READ patrol3 OK Sat Aug 19 09:30:03 2006 db2
> audit object read event detected /etc/security/passwd
> S_PASSWD_READ patrol3 OK Sat Aug 19 09:30:03 2006 db2bp
> audit object read event detected /etc/security/passwd
> S_PASSWD_READ patrol3 OK Sat Aug 19 09:30:03 2006 db2bp
> audit object read event detected /etc/security/passwd
> S_PASSWD_READ patrol3 OK Sat Aug 19 09:30:03 2006 db2bp
> audit object read event detected /etc/security/passwd
> S_PASSWD_READ patrol3 OK Sat Aug 19 09:30:03 2006 db2bp
> audit object read event detected /etc/security/passwd
>
> "************************************************* ***********************"
>
> So that the 2nd lined is append to the first till the end of the
> output.
>
paste - - < file


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Ed Morton wrote:
> cberthu@gmail.com wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Sorry to bother but I am a rookie and got this to do.
> > I need to format this output :
> > "************************************************* ***********************"
> > S_PASSWD_READ patrol3 OK Sat Aug 19 09:30:03 2006 db2
> > audit object read event detected /etc/security/passwd
> > S_PASSWD_READ patrol3 OK Sat Aug 19 09:30:03 2006 db2bp
> > audit object read event detected /etc/security/passwd
> > S_PASSWD_READ patrol3 OK Sat Aug 19 09:30:03 2006 db2bp
> > audit object read event detected /etc/security/passwd
> > S_PASSWD_READ patrol3 OK Sat Aug 19 09:30:03 2006 db2bp
> > audit object read event detected /etc/security/passwd
> > S_PASSWD_READ patrol3 OK Sat Aug 19 09:30:03 2006 db2bp
> > audit object read event detected /etc/security/passwd
> >
> > "************************************************* ***********************"
> >
> > So that the 2nd lined is append to the first till the end of the
> > output.
> >
> > I got the input file into a arry and I block somehow now...
> > ************************************************** **********************
> > if [ "$#" -eq "0" ]
> > then
> > echo "==> Please give the full path for the incoming file"
> > read INPUT
> > echo "Your answer was" $INPUT
> > fi
> > file_name=$INPUT
> > i=0
> > while read file_line
> > do
> > line_array[i]=${file_line}
> > echo "This is the line:" $file_line
> > echo $file_line >> /u/t315511/scripts/chris.out
> > if [ "^$file_line" = " " ]
> > then
> > echo "Here is one " $file_line
> > fi
> > let i=${i}+1
> > done < ${file_name}
> > echo ${line_array[@]}
> > ************************************************** **********************
> >
>
> awk 'NR%2{s=$0;next}{print s$0}' file
>
> Ed.


Thanks Ed

Hey it looks so simple and it is actually...... Thanks a lot...

2006-08-22, 10:41(-07), cberthu@gmail.com:
[...]
>> awk 'NR%2{s=$0;next}{print s$0}' file
>>
>> Ed.
>
>
> Thanks Ed
>
> Hey it looks so simple and it is actually...... Thanks a lot...

That's a bit overkill compared to

paste -d'\0' - - < file
or
paste -sd'\0\n' file

though and would discard the last line of a file with an odd
number of lines.

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Stéphane