Is it possible to replace a newline AND another character with a single tab using sed?

Question

I have to replace a ]\n with a \t using sed, but I have no idea how to do it. can anybody help me?

Please avoid *"Give me the codez"* questions. Instead show the script you are working on and state where the problem is. Also see [How much research effort is expected of Stack Overflow users?](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/261592/608639) — jww, Sep 09 '18 at 21:34
Welcome to SO. Stack Overflow is a question and answer site for professional and enthusiast programmers. The goal is that you add some code of your own to your question to show at least the research effort you made to solve this yourself. — Cyrus, Sep 09 '18 at 22:16
Possible duplicate of [How can I replace a newline (\n) using sed?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1251999/how-can-i-replace-a-newline-n-using-sed) — George Vasiliou, Sep 10 '18 at 13:18

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 12 '18 at 14:22

Unfortunately the virtual machine that is sed works a certain way, and the way that it works doesn't make it easy to:

replace newlines. See How can I replace a newline (\n) using sed? for why that is.
replace anything with a tab, See Replacing / with TAB using sed for more about that.

Still, it can be done:

printf 'foo]\nbar\n' | sed ':a;N;$!ba;s/\]\n/ \'$'\t/g'

Output:

foo     bar

1 Answers1