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Removing consecutive newlines with ed
Input file:
1 line1\
2 line2\
3 line3\
4 \
5 line4\
6 \
7 \
8 line5\
Desired output:
1 line1
2 line2
3 line3
4
5 line4
6
7 line5
Is it possible with POSIX ed?
Removing the trailing backslashes ...
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How to write a literal dot in ed?
What would be the right way to write a line containing only . to a file in ed?
The only way I came up with is something like this:
a
.
s/^$/./
