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Old 06-04-2008
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Question Are you just trying to eliminate <cr> and <lf> characters?
Perhaps I am missing something, but it appears that you are trying to eliminate single-instance <cr> <lf> between lines, but maintain when there are consecutive <cr> <lf> pairs. Thus, turn 6-7 lines or so into one long sentence.