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11-29-2008

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vgersh99, with your solution I get this:

Code:

$ nawk 'BEGIN {FS=RS=""; ORS="\n\n\n"} $1=$1' file
          T h e   f i r s t   l i n e .
 S e c o n d   l i n e .


F i r s t   l i n e   o f   t h e   s e c o n d   p a r a g r a p h .
 S e c o n d   l i n e   o f   t h e   s e c o n d   p a r a g r a p h .

Set the record separators to 2 newlines:

Code:

$ awk 'BEGIN {RS=ORS="\n\n"} $1=$1' file
The first line. Second line.

First line of the second paragraph. Second line of the second paragraph.

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