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03-15-2008

Franklin52 Franklin52 is offline

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Code:

awk '/^ /{print p $0; p=""; next}
p !~ /^ / && p {print p}
{p=$0}
END{if(!/^ /) {print}}
' file

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Last edited by Franklin52; 03-15-2008 at 07:34 AM.. Reason: modifation code