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How to remove multiple blank lines from a file?

I have some text-files I use to take notes in - just plain text, usually just using cat >> file. Occasionally I use a blank line or two (just return - the new-line character) to specify a new ...
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How can I split a text file into multiple text files using Perl?

I have a file ABC_TabDelim.txt that contains the following: 00:00:00:00 00:00:05:00 01SC_001.jpg 00:00:14:29 00:00:19:29 01SC_002.jpg 00:01:07:20 00:01:12:20 01SC_003.jpg 00:00:00:00 00:00:03:25 ...
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Email picture attachments as inline along with the email body

I'm right now working with a script for emailing attachment (.png pics). Since I'm using mutt command with -a option, the email is sent as a mail attachment. I want these .png pictures to be mailed ...
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Fetch values from plist file on Linux

I have bash script which was written for OS X and now ported to Linux. I don't have access to the Linux box. The bash script would read values from plist files using the defaults read and PlistBuddy ...
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/bin/sh: ./check-dependencies.pl: not found — but check-dependencies.pl exists!

I'm trying to build Moses, but when I run make I get the following output: minakshi@minakshi-Vostro-3500:~/Desktop/working-dir/moses/scripts$ make release # Compile the parts make all make[1]: ...
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2answers
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What scripting language or platform to use for web page downloads and screen interaction? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Does anybody here have experience in automating some tasks in web applications using curl? Here is what I need to do? Wondering what platform is most suited - easy to ...
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Bugzilla email_in.pl script will take 111 hours to complete - how can I change that?

I have an old Bug tracking system, with about 20k bugs. We have installed a new bugzilla system, and part of the initiation will be to import all the bugs from the old system to the new. I am able to ...
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Perl Script to Display Pork Offline Message

I use pork 0.99.8.1 on openSuse 11.4 for my AIM account when I don't want to use irssi + bitlbee. The only problem I have encountered so far is that offline messages are not displayed. I just get a ...
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Replacing text from a list of replacements. Added complication: backslashes

I have a file A that contains pairs of strings, one per line: \old1 \new1 \old2 \new2 ..... I would like to iterate over file A, and for each line perform the replacement (e.g. "\old1 -> \new1") ...
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Which scripting language is most widespread in system administration tasks? [closed]

I am migrating to Linux and have some experience with the Mac OS X command line/bash. I'd like to automate system admin tasks via scripting, but I am unsure as which language is the most used in the ...