heroux@cemmva.cem.msu.edu (Brett Heroux) (01/29/91)
This awk program doesn't print multiple adjacent blank lines, where blank has the loose definition of being nothing but spaces, tabs and a <CR>. NF != 0 { print; last = 0 } NF == 0 && last == 0 { print; last = 1 } You could mail me for invocation help, it's just awk -f programfile file Brett Heroux heroux@cemvax.cem.msu.edu "There are four kinds of people in this world: cretins, fools, morons, and lunatics... A normal person is just a reasonable mix of these components" -Umberto Eco