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    awk '$1=$1' RS= file? Commented May 17, 2020 at 13:01
  • You could just make sure the second character is not a slash ex. [A-Z][^/] or [[:upper:]][^/]. But really I second @Cyrus suggestion ... Commented May 17, 2020 at 13:10
  • It doesn't work. It creates a line like this: Door $0.00 N/A 7 3 Nails $0.10 N/A 7 5 Sofa $0.07 100 7 3 Stool $1.00 0 7 5 Natural wood $0.00 99 7 20 Commented May 17, 2020 at 13:10
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    As I cannot fully explain GNU awk's behaviour in conjunction with empty RS, here only as a comment: awk '$1=$1' RS= FS='\n' OFS='\t' file Commented May 17, 2020 at 13:46
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    @EdMorton: Thanks for the explanation. Commented May 17, 2020 at 20:20