Remove line breaks (text file)

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 Bernd -
Hello,

I have a file whose text looks like this:

# String1 String2 # String3 String4 # String5 String6


I would like to remove the line breaks from the lines starting with #, to get this:

# String1 String2 # String3 String4 # String5 String6


Is there a simple way to perform this operation?
Thank you in advance for your answers!
Configuration: Windows XP Firefox 3.5

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jipicy Posted messages 40842 Registration date   Status Modérateur Last intervention   4 898
 
Hello,

On Linux, using the command line with a small utility called "sed" (which also has a version for Windows), it's a formality:
tmpfs]$ cat plop # String1 String2 # String3 String4 # String5 String6 [tmpfs]$ sed -i.bak 'N;s/\n/ /' plop [tmpfs]$ cat plop # String1 String2 # String3 String4 # String5 String6 [tmpfs]$
If you ever wanted to try it, you'll need to adapt the command for Windows regarding the "end of line" character (\n) which translates to "carriage return + line feed" (\r\n)...

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