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From: tkevans@fallst.UUCP (Tim Evans)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Deleting (Only) First Blank Line in File
Message-ID: <1651@fallst.UUCP>
Date: 29 Jun 90 02:40:56 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: Fallston, MD
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Can someone help me to delete the _first_ occurring blank line of a file
(whereever it occurs) without deleting subsequent ones?

You'd think the following would work, but it doesn't:

	sed 's/^$//1' foo > newfoo

Solutions other than those using 'perl' are preferred.

Thanks
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