Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!iuvax!bsu-cs!mithomas From: mithomas@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Michael Thomas Niehaus) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard Subject: Re: ControlLock XCMD - Please repost Message-ID: <8079@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> Date: 5 Jul 89 19:13:04 GMT References: <32872@apple.Apple.COM> Organization: CS Dept, Ball St U, Muncie, IN, USA Lines: 31 In article <32872@apple.Apple.COM>, baum@Apple.COM (Allen J. Baum) writes: > Let's try this again.... > Could someone please re-post the ControlLock XCMD? I got a copy with extra > linefeeds between each line, and I couldn't get BinHex to bless it no matter > what I did. > > -- > baum@apple.com (408)974-3385 > {decwrl,hplabs}!amdahl!apple!baum The way to solve this problem is to tackle it on the UNIX end. I have asked how to strip these extra linefeeds before, and here are the two solutions that I received: cat file | sed '/^$/d' or, from within vi, :g/^$/d These commands will delete all of the blank lines from the posting. Then you don't need anyone to send you another copy. -Michael -- Michael Niehaus UUCP: !{iuvax,pur-ee}!bsu-cs!mithomas Apple Student Rep ARPA: mithomas@bsu-cs.bsu.edu Ball State University AppleLink: ST0374 (from UUCP: st0374@applelink.apple.com)