Re: ldapsearch result breaks the long dn's in seperate lines

[Dan Lowe <dan@tangledhelix.com>]

Previously, Abhishek Srivastava wrote:
> I am using ldapsearch method to backup the data and writing the output to
> some file. If the dn of any object is too long then the same is broken into
> two lines. Is there any option to suppress this new line character for long
> DN's.

No, but if you're really desperate you can post-process it with Perl or
something (I've had to do this):

    while (<>) {
        if (/^ /) {
            s/^ //;
            chomp($currline);
            $currline .= $_;
        } else {
            $currline = $_;
        }
    }

Run like this:

    ldapsearch [...args...] | perlscript > new-ldif-file

Or as someone else pointed out, use the Netscape SDK.

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