[SOLVED] sed: substitute "\n + multiple spaces" to "§"

Hi, i'm trying to achieve something like that:
input:
system:capture_1
system:capture_2
system:playback_1
MPlayer [6922]:out_0
MPlayer [6923]:out_0
system:playback_2
MPlayer [6922]:out_1
MPlayer [6923]:out_1
system:playback_3
system:playback_4
system:playback_5
system:playback_6
system:playback_7
system:playback_8
Output:
system:capture_1
system:capture_2
system:playback_1 § MPlayer [6922]:out_0 § MPlayer [6923]:out_0
system:playback_2 § MPlayer [6922]:out_1 § MPlayer [6923]:out_1
system:playback_3
system:playback_4
system:playback_5
system:playback_6
system:playback_7
system:playback_8
Which turns out to just substitute "\n + multiple spaces" to "§" , but in sed dealing with carriage returns seems not trivial.
help, please?
-EDIT
This seems to work:
cat something | sed ':a;N;$!ba;s/\n / § /g;s/ //g'
Copy Paste fU!
Last edited by kokoko3k (2013-10-15 12:12:05)

sed 's:§:\n :g' doesn't work for you?
$ cat file
system:capture_1
system:capture_2
system:playback_1 § MPlayer [6922]:out_0 § MPlayer [6923]:out_0
system:playback_2 § MPlayer [6922]:out_1 § MPlayer [6923]:out_1
system:playback_3
system:playback_4
system:playback_5
system:playback_6
system:playback_7
system:playback_8
$ cat file | sed 's:§:\n :g'
system:capture_1
system:capture_2
system:playback_1
MPlayer [6922]:out_0
MPlayer [6923]:out_0
system:playback_2
MPlayer [6922]:out_1
MPlayer [6923]:out_1
system:playback_3
system:playback_4
system:playback_5
system:playback_6
system:playback_7
system:playback_8

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