Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 19:10:55 -0600 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> Subject: Re: okay, time to ask the wizards. Message-ID: <20101028011055.GA68350@guilt.hydra> In-Reply-To: <20101028010447.GA9734@thought.org> References: <20101028010447.GA9734@thought.org>
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On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 06:04:50PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote:
> I've got a very large file with paragraphs separated only by "\n".
> How do I put a blank line _after_ each newline?
perl -e 'while (<>) { s/$/\n/; print; }'
You could also open the file in vi or Vim and give it this command:
:%s/$/^M/
Note that you don't type in that ^M by using the ^ and M keys on the
keyboard. Instead, you first type ctrl-v then press the Enter key.
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Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]
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