Using the "*" symbol, (doesn't have to be that one, any special character will do in order to indicate), how can I edit the text from this:
*berry
straw
rasp
blue
boysen
*
blahblah
blahblah
blahblah
*berry
straw
blue
*
blah
*table
vege
pingpong
*
To this:
strawberry
raspberry
blueberry
boysenberry
blahblah
blahblah
blahblah
strawberry
blueberry
blah
vegetable
pingpongtable
Every character after the first matching asterisk will be placed on every line until the 2nd asterisk match is found.
Any leads on how I can go about this? (sed or awk would be preferred, but if you can think of another way, please shoot me your code!)
I know how to remove all lines containing an asterisk, it's just the character placement part I can't think of