[ale] sed help

[Robert Coggins]

This will not be possible.

Geoffrey wrote:
> Robert Coggins wrote:
>   
>> OK all I hate asking questions like this on here but here we go.
>>
>> I have a series of files. In each of the files there are many lines that 
>> only have ,,,,, on them.  For every line I find in these files I want to 
>> bring the previous line, the ,,,,, line and the next line together.
>>     
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> What do you do if you have something line this:
>
> 21321asdf2d6f5
> ,,,,,
> fdsdhfksd6df5+sdf
> ,,,,,
> foobar
>
> Or is this not possible in the data?
>
>   
>> Example:
>>
>> 21321asdf2d6f5
>> ,,,,,
>> fdsdhfksd6df5+sdf
>>
>> seded to :
>>
>>
>> 21321asdf2d6f5,,,,,fdsdhfksd6df5+sdf
>>
>> Here is what I am trying but it is not working...
>> sed "s/\n,,,,,\n/,,,,,/g
>>
>> Thanks in advance for your help!
>>
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