Robert wrote: > awk 'length($0) == 0 && e == 1 { next } > { e = length($0) == 0 } > { print }'
results in: awk: syntax error near line 2 awk: illegal statement near line 2 Ralph wrote: > Oh, line 1. `awk --posix' here suggests length would like parenthesis. > > awk '!length() && e {next} {e = !length()} 1' That didn't help, "awk: syntax error near line 1". > I wonder if `diff -b' is the wrong approach as it's applying the -b to > the whole file. That's OK. mhfixmsg uses an external program to present html, so the output can have arbitrary spacing. I want to ignore that in the test. David _______________________________________________ Nmh-workers mailing list Nmh-workers@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/nmh-workers