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From: cadman@cbnewsm.att.com (jerome.schwartz)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: repeated character editing
Keywords: vi sed
Message-ID: <1991Mar28.181335.7813@cbnewsm.att.com>
Date: 28 Mar 91 18:13:35 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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How would I do a simple edit command, vi map or sed script, to
replace all occurrences of repeated characters in a file with one
of each of the characters.

ie:   This:   AAAAPPPPLLLLEEEE   ppppiiiieeee
   to this:   APPLE pie

Thanks in advance,
Jerry
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