Sed/Awk - remove blankspaces / join lines in ldif dump
awk, ldif, sed
Solution
One way using `GNU sed`:
sed -n 'H; ${ x; s/\n//; s/\n //g; p}' file.txt
Result:
sambaPasswordHistory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
homeDirectory: /home_nfs/
Problem
I got some entries in my ldif file that makes my dump bad for next import. ``` sambaPasswordHistory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homeDirectory: /home_nfs/ ``` How can I make using sed/awk/etc to change it to ``` sambaPasswordHistory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homeDirectory: /home_nfs/ ``` Aka keep everything in one line