On Wed, 30 Nov 2005, Paul Howarth wrote:
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
Or better, "cat -s file > file.new" and avoid having to page through the
file.
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Matthew Saltzman
Clemson University Math Sciences
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http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
