A
1
B
2
C
3
D
4
A 1
B 2
C 3
D 4
1
B
2
C
3
D
4
sed 'N;s/\n/ /'
awk '{if(NR%2)ORS=" ";else ORS="\n"}1'
xargs -n 2 < file
A 1
B 2
C 3
D 4