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Hi all, I have two files using grep i'm getting required output in "outputfile.txt" but i need to format it. Code: grep "$line" sampleMbr.txt >> outputfile.txt grep "$line" sampleMbrTerm.txt >> ...
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    Post shell program + format the output

    Hi all,
    I have two files using grep i'm getting required output in "outputfile.txt" but i need to format it.


    Code:
    grep "$line" sampleMbr.txt >> outputfile.txt
grep "$line" sampleMbrTerm.txt >> outputfile.txt

    Code:
    #cat outputfile.txt

sometext1 
sometext2
sometext3

    but i want to output as


    Code:
    sometext1 sometext2 sometext3
    how to achieve this?
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    tr command works
    tr '\n' ' '
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