This might work for you:
printf "{new\nto\nlinux}" | paste -sd' '
{new to linux}
or:
printf "{new\nto\nlinux}" | tr '\n' ' '
{new to linux}
or:
printf "{new\nto\nlinux}" |sed -e ':a' -e '$!{' -e 'N' -e 'ba' -e '}' -e 's/\n/ /g'
{new to linux}