[Solved] Remove newlines between two words

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something like this?

kent$  awk '/^key.:/{p=1}/^name:/{p=0}
            {if(p)printf "%s",$0;else printf "%s%s\n", (NR==1?"":RS),$0}' file
name: charles
key1: howareyou?
name: erika
key2: I'mfine,thanks
name: ...

handle the spaces:

awk '/^key.:/{p=1}/^name:/{p=0}
    {if(p)printf "%s%s",(/^key.:/?"":" "),$0;
    else printf "%s%s\n", (NR==1?"":RS),$0}' file

output:

name: charles
key1: how are you?
name: erika
key2: I'm fine, thanks
name: ...

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solved Remove newlines between two words