Getting a text file rid of all superfluous blank lines

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Wed, 30 Nov 2005, Paul Howarth wrote:

> Matthew Saltzman wrote:
>> On Wed, 30 Nov 2005, Paul Howarth wrote:
>>> 
>>> $ 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.
>
> You only have to page through a file when output is a terminal (not in this 
> case) IIRC.

Ah, makes sense.  What I get for posting before coffee.

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 		Matthew Saltzman

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