Replacing Multiple blank lines with a single blank line in vim / sed

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                          Question more or less says it all. I'm aware that /^$/d will remove all blank lines, but I can't see how to say 'replace two or more blank lines with a single blank line'

Any ideas?

Asked by Andrew Bolster (1005 rep)

May 7, 2011, 08:19 PM
Last activity: May 16, 2025, 08:23 AM

Replacing Multiple blank lines with a single blank line in vim / sed

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