Re: VI(M) - Changing & Merging 2 lines?

[Erez Doron]

Subba Rao wrote:

Hello,

I have a large text file where 2 lines (fields) form a record.  Now I want 
to merge the 2 lines into one line seperated by a comma.

Line1
Line2
The fields should be seperated by a comma.

Line1,Line2

How can I define a keystroke that will,
        add a comma at the end of Line1
        perform a JOIN of Line1 and Line2
        move the cursor to the next record?
Any help appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

 

:g!/,/s/\n/,/

this will merge any two lines that the first does not hold a ',' 
character, so if the file does not include ',' to starts with - every 
two lines will be merged

cheers,
erez.
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