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

On 7/14/2012 05:13, Thierry Blanc wrote:
> As you are in bash, you could use something like that:
>
> #!/bin/bash
>
> DEL=false # might delete a empty first line
> while read -r line
> do
> if $DEL && [[ -z "$line" ]]
> then
> DEL=false # and skip line
> else
> L=$(echo "$line" | wc -m )
> [[ $L -lt 80 ]] && DEL=true || DEL=false
> echo "$line" # print line
> fi
> done < "$1"
>
Thanks Thierry, Still would like a solution using a one-line sed. Will post if I find a solution.
Cheers!