Re: Delete Next Blank Line IFF Current Line is Less than 80 Characters

On Wed, 11 Jul 2012 01:06:48 -0400, n22e113 <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello,Seders,
> How can I delete the next blank line if the current line is less than 80 
> characters from within a bash script?
> Example:
> 
> "This line is a Heading
> 
> This line starts as a paragraph with one or more than one sentences and 
> the paragraph is more than 80 characters."
> 
> Like to delete the blank line between the two lines above.
> Thanks,Kwon

Does the blank line immediately follow the short line, or then can be other
lines in between?

If it's the former, then this should work:

sed '/.\{80\}/! {
  n
  /^$/d
}'

-- 
D.