Fix the breaks

Shell Programming and Scripting
1

The file FTP'd got few breaks and the data looks like:

ABCTOM NYMANAGER
ABCDAVE NJ
PROGRAMMER
ABCJIM CTTECHLEAD
ABCPETERCA
HR

and i want the output like:

ABCTOM NYMANAGER
ABCDAVE NJPROGRAMMER
ABCJIM CTTECHLEAD
ABCPETERCAHR

can you please help me in writing the shell script to fix these broken lines.
Every line is supposed to start with 'ABC' (key positions). Also the break is always at the 11th position and continues on the next line at 4th position..

Thanks

2 
$ cat file
ABCTOM NYMANAGER
ABCDAVE NJ
PROGRAMMER
ABCJIM CTTECHLEAD
ABCPETERCA
HR

awk '{ printf (NR==1) ? $0 : /^ABC/ ? RS $0 : $0 } END{ print eof }'  file

Output:

ABCTOM NYMANAGER
ABCDAVE NJPROGRAMMER
ABCJIM CTTECHLEAD
ABCPETERCAHR
3

Or in good old sed:

command:

sed ':a;$!N;/\nABC/!s/\n//;ta;P;D' file

input:

ABCTOM NYMANAGER
ABCDAVE NJ
PROGRAMMER
ABCJIM CTTECHLEAD
ABCPETERCA
HR

output:

ABCTOM NYMANAGER
ABCDAVE NJPROGRAMMER
ABCJIM CTTECHLEAD
ABCPETERCAHR
4

on the file Ftp'd from the mainframe ,do we have any UNIX command to replace mainframe low and values to space or null.

i tried using tr and it doesn't work ...

Thanks

5

i am getting the following errors!!.. Please advise

awk '{printf (NR==1)?$0:/^'ABC'/?RS$0:$0}END{print eof}' file
awk: syntax error near line 1
awk: illegal statement near line 1

sed ':a;$!N;/\nABC/!s/\n//;ta;P;D' file

Label too long: :a;$!N;/\nABC/!s/\n//;ta;P;D

6

With a classical sed, you would have to expand that to:

sed -e ':a' -e '$!N' -e '/\nABC/!s/\n//' -e 'ta' -e 'P;D'

or with a classical awk something like this:

awk 'NR>1 && /^ABC/ {printf "\n%s", $0 ; next } { printf "%s", $0  } END {print eof}'
7

Thank you and appreciate your help.. now i want to insert a space/null before i merge the broke record..

ABCTOM NYMANAGER
ABCDAVE NJ
PROGRAMMER
ABCJIM CTTECHLEAD
ABCPETERCA
HR

and i want the output like:

ABCTOM NYMANAGER
ABCDAVE NJ' 'PROGRAMMER
ABCJIM CTTECHLEAD
ABCPETERCA' 'HR

Thanks in advance!!

8 
sed -e ':a' -e '$!N' -e '/\nABC/!s/\n //' -e 'ta' -e 'P;D'

awk 'NR>1 && /^ABC/ {printf "\n%s", $0 ; next } { printf " %s", $0  } END {print eof}'
9

Thanks for the reply. The AWK script works pretty well but the first record is pushed to one position left leaving a blank at the starting .The output looks like:

' 'ABCTOM NYMANAGER
ABCDAVE NJ' 'PROGRAMMER
ABCJIM CTTECHLEAD
ABCPETERCA' 'HR

and i want the output to be

ABCTOM NYMANAGER
ABCDAVE NJ' 'PROGRAMMER
ABCJIM CTTECHLEAD
ABCPETERCA' 'HR

from the original input file..

please suggest me how to get rid of this issue...Thanks!!