Re: Getting a text file rid of all superfluous blank lines

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Paul Smith wrote:
On 11/30/05, Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Taking a text file, how can one eliminate at once all superfluous blank lines?

What is your definition of a "superfluous blank line"? Is that all blank
lines, or all consecutive blank lines where the number is more than one?

If it's the latter, you may find "more -s filename" to your liking.


Thanks, Paul. I mean "all consecutive blank lines where the number is
more than one". Furthermore, I mean how to delete those blank lines
from the file.

$ more -s file > file.new
$ mv file.new file

Paul


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