I want to have standard output for KEGG pathways of a gene placed side by side no matter how many lines of the KEGG pathways it has. For example, a gene TT123456 is involves in
You can use xargs like this:
xargs
$ xargs -n15
Note 15 is the number of words in your file. You could write a bigger number like xargs -n50 < file to make sure everything printed in the same line.
15
xargs -n50 < file