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Old 11-01-2007
jim mcnamara jim mcnamara is online now Forum Staff  
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One way, assuming the blank lines are just a carriage return:

Code:
awk '{              
        if( len($0) )
             { print $0 }
        else
              {printf("%s ", $0) }
        END{ print }
       }' filename > newfilename