Michael wrote: > Perl, unfortuantely, isn't an option, since most "extras" weren't > installed to conserve file space.
I believe this awk command line will do what you want:
awk '!/ \\$/ {printf "%s\n", $0} / \\$/ {NF=NF-1; printf "%s", $0}' ipf.rules | ipf
-Fa -f -
--Bill
