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Re: how far can i go with grotty?
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Marc Chantreux |
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Re: how far can i go with grotty? |
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Mon, 27 Jul 2020 10:46:58 +0200 |
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> sed /^$/d will wipe empty lines wherever they're found, instead of only
> removing those at the end of a document.
ohh .. indeed. i have to admit i don't use sed for this kind of flow
control because i try to keep my scripts as simple as possible so my
move over it would has been
tac | awk 'i || /./ && i=1' | tac
yet it's always interesting to see other techniques.
> Now compare the output of `groff -Tutf8 ./test.roff` with man `./test.roff`.
also enlightening :)
thank you.
marc