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From: hansm@cs.kun.nl (Hans Mulder)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: Global Empty Line Removal in vi?
Message-ID: <2692@wn1.sci.kun.nl>
Date: 25 Jan 91 10:07:51 GMT
References: <chris.664709285@budgie> <1991Jan24.172344.28877@Veritas.COM>
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In article <1991Jan24.172344.28877@Veritas.COM> geoff@Veritas.COM (Geoffrey Leach) writes:
>From article <chris.664709285@budgie>, by chris@bilby.cs.uwa.oz.au (chris mcdonald):
>> 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
>
>Try ":g/^$/d"

Try _reading_ the question before you answer. Chris said _multiple_ blank lines.


The best you can do using the :g command would be

:g/^$/+s//This_line_must_be_deleted
:g/This_line_must_be_deleted/d

But using 1G!Gcat -s is easier.


Have a nice day,

Hans Mulder	hansm@cs.kun.nl