merge multi-line

Code:

  sed -e :a -e N -e 's//n/ /' -e ta yourfile.txt >newfile.txt

 

:a	# label 'a' to jump back to later on
N	# Append next line to sed's buffer
s//n/ /	# replace exactly one newline (/n) with a space
ta	# if the last replace command was succesfull, jump to label 'a'.
	# (if this does not happen, the entire file was read: end