Hi,

I have a simple file with one number per line and would like to covert
it to a single line where each number is separated by a comma.

Input:
....
423
5
567
12
46

Output:
...., 423,5,567,12,46

Is this possible using standard shell commands?
I've tried to "tr \n ," but without success.

Thanks in advance,
--
Sérgio Nunes

On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 11:23:39 -0700, ssn wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a simple file with one number per line and would like to covert
> it to a single line where each number is separated by a comma.
>
> Input:
> ...
> 423
> 5
> 567
> 12
> 46
>
> Output:
> ..., 423,5,567,12,46
>
> Is this possible using standard shell commands?
> I've tried to "tr \n ," but without success.
>
> Thanks in advance,tr

Put the strings in quotes....

tr "\n" "," < inputfile > outputfile

stonerfish

In article <1184783019.375187.172430@d30g2000prg.googlegroups .com>,
ssn <snunes@gmail.com> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I have a simple file with one number per line and would like to covert
>it to a single line where each number is separated by a comma.
>
>Input:
>...
>423
>5
>567
>12
>46
>
>Output:
>..., 423,5,567,12,46
>
>Is this possible using standard shell commands?
>I've tried to "tr \n ," but without success.

echo '1,$j|s/ /,/g\nx\n' | ex - yourfile