The data in my text file and the output format expected is as shown.I tried:cat test2.txt | tr -d \t But that's not working. Please help. As I have to read the file in the expected output format and do further loop processing. 
Read multiple lines stored in a text file and format it in bash
text processing;command line
Using awk:BEGIN { RS =  ; }{    printf %s %s %s %s %s %s %s\n, $1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6, $7}produces:WEBA 30-MAR-17 NA NOT_STARTED 01-APR-17 25-MAR-17 Target_Not_StartedWEBA 29-MAR-17 NA NOT_STARTED 01-APR-17 25-MAR-17 Target_Not_StartedWEBA 28-MAR-17 NA STARTED 01-APR-17 25-MAR-17 Target_Started