combine lines

[bp]

how to combines two lines using perl if the total number of columns to
check is 8. If less than 8, combine with the second line, the OS dumps
it in this format, in reality one line. For example


TEST TEST2 TEST3 TEST4 TEST5
TEST6 TEST7 TEST8


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[John W. Krahn]

how to combines two lines using perl if the total number of columns to
check is 8. If less than 8, combine with the second line, the OS dumps
it in this format, in reality one line. For example


TEST TEST2 TEST3 TEST4 TEST5
TEST6 TEST7 TEST8

perl -lape'$_ .= <> if @F < 8' yourfile



John