I am having trouble using sed to edit text files, heres a good example of what I am looking for:
<begin 1.txt> This is a test file, what I am trying to do is get the lines to join. It isn't a complicated thing, but I also want to keep the paragraphs separate. </end 1.txt> I try this command: sed s/\n// / 1.txt > 2.txt and I get an error, so: sed s'\n/ /' 1.txt > 2.txt and nothing happens. I don't get it. I though \n was end of line, which I am trying to replace with spaces. I understand that this would loose the paragraphs, so ideally what I need to do is something like this: 1. Replace double line breaks with special sequence not found in text. 2. Convert all line breaks to spaces 3. Convert special seqeuence to double line breaks. I thought sed would be perfect for this, but no such luck. I can get what I want by using kwrite for step 1 and 2, then OO.o Writer for step 3. (kwrite seems unable to do step 3) But ideally I'd like to just have a script to do it, but cannot figure out how to go about it, as sed doesn't seem to be working. Joe -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]