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From: hansm@cs.kun.nl (Hans Mulder)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: Global Empty Line Removal in vi?
Summary: use 1G!Gcat -s
Message-ID: <2689@wn1.sci.kun.nl>
Date: 24 Jan 91 14:58:43 GMT
References: <1991Jan24.064310.8077@midway.uchicago.edu> <chris.664709285@budgie>
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In article <chris.664709285@budgie> chris@bilby.cs.uwa.oz.au (chris mcdonald) writes:
>In <1991Jan24.064310.8077@midway.uchicago.edu> zi0h@quads.uchicago.edu (W. Ishii) writes:
>
>>Hello there!  As a vi novice (maybe a stronger term is called for--vi idiot,
>>probably), I've been stuck for about a week now trying to figure out how to
>>globally remove multiple blank lines from text.
>
>Filter the whole file (with !<line count>! ) through cat -s

Close, but no cigar: it's easier to filter the whole file using 1G!Gcat -s^M
That way, you don't have to count lines.  And when you must use a line count,
it's easier to type <line count>!!filter^M


Have a nice day,

Hans Mulder	hansm@cs.kun.nl