Quick Answer: How Do I Make Multiple Lines on One Line in Linux?
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How do I convert multiple lines to one line in Linux?

Simply put, the idea of this sed one-liner is: append each line into the pattern space, at last replace all line breaks with the given string.

  1. :a; – we define a label called a.
  2. N; – append next line into sed’s pattern space.
  3. $! …
  4. s/n/REPLACEMENT/g – replace all line breaks with the given REPLACEMENT.

How do I combine multiple lines in one line?

A single command shortcut for merging multiple lines into 1 is “join lines”.

  1. Command + J on the Mac to join lines.
  2. CTRL + J on Windows.
  3. Edit > Lines > Join Lines.
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