On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 06:14:04PM -0700, Nerius Landys wrote: > You mean replace each newline character with two newline characters? > > perl -p -i -e 's/\n/\n\n/g' yourfile.txt
The g in that is unnecessary. I'd also be inclined to use $ in the matching part of that regex than \n, and only require one newline character in the substitution part as a result: perl -pie 's/$/\n/' filename.txt Plus . . . I like pie. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]
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