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Re: Editing a text file with sed



On Wed, Aug 29, 2007 at 03:17:46PM +0200, Joe Hart wrote:
> <begin 1.txt>
> This is a test
> file, what I am
> trying to do is get the lines to join.
> 
> It isn't a complicated thing,
> but I also want to keep the paragraphs
> separate.
> </end 1.txt>
[snip]
> But ideally I'd like to just have a script to do it, but cannot figure out how 
> to go about it, as sed doesn't seem to be working.

If I run your file through fmt, I get
<output>
This is a test file, what I am trying to do is get the lines to join.

It isn't a complicated thing, but I also want to keep the paragraphs
separate.
</output>

Of course, that may not have been what you were looking for, but I
just thought some might find it useful later.

Thanks!

Kumar
-- 
Kumar Appaiah,
458, Jamuna Hostel,
Indian Institute of Technology Madras,
Chennai - 600 036



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