Uri Guttman wrote: > > >>>>> "Y" == Yanick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > no one seems to have seen my earlier post on this so here it is again > and it is much shorter. > > Y> perl -pe'/\S/?($e=0):($e++and$_="")' filename > perl -0777pe's/^\s*\n/\n/m' file >
This didn't work as is. It needs the global match modifier: perl -0777pe's/^\s*\n/\n/mg' <file> P -- *********************************************** Peter Ensch, [EMAIL PROTECTED] A-1140 (214) 480 2333 ***********************************************
