how to move change the cat output into columns

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so this is my out put when i cat multiple config files and grep name of file and modified date.

/path-to-file/name of file
modified date
/path-to-file/name of file
modified date
/path-to-file/name of file
modified date

I want the output to be like this and if possible add comma after the word 'file'.

/path-to-file/name of file, modified date
/path-to-file/name of file, modified date
/path-to-file/name of file, modified date
/path-to-file/name of file, modified date

By writing shell script, read two line and write a single line. — pmverma, Jun 04 '15 at 08:20

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 04 '15 at 08:40

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pipe your output to awk '{printf "%s%s",$0,NR%2?", ":"\n"}'

answered Jun 04 '15 at 08:40

Kent

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thanks perfect...how would i do it without the commas? cause i get two commas...one on top and bottom. log.7’, – fer Jun 04 '15 at 09:34
@fer remove the comma in awk one-liner. – Kent Jun 04 '15 at 11:16

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 04 '15 at 14:46

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Pipe your output into paste -d, - - which will join each pair of lines from the input.

answered Jun 04 '15 at 14:46

glenn jackman

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how to move change the cat output into columns

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