AWK - Re: print 3 lines without newline

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Re: print 3 lines without newline

Kenny McCormack

2004-09-24, 3:55 am

In article <415309ba$0$17928$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net>,
Ian Stirling <root@mauve.demon.co.uk> wrote:
....
>I think you mean something like:
>ORS=NR%4>1?";":RS
>
>Which is the same length, but works.

Well, whatever. The idea is the thing. You generally don't want to give
newbies fully working code - gotta leave them something to figure out on
their own.

Anyway, it was unclear whether or not the dashes were part of the data or
just part of the formatting of the posting.

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