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elewton · 02-09-2009, 10:24 PM

Hey, guys.
I'm a cheap ass and only buy a few eBooks. Thankfully, all the Linux man pages and Howtos, as well as many computer documents, are available free in ASCII. Unfortunately, they're all in 80-column text.

Does anyone have a simple script for changing the wrapping? I was thinking maybe sed could replace double newlines with special character x, then remove single newlines and replace x with newlines.

I figure smart people have solved similar problems with all the subsequent problems. If anyone knows something like that, I'd appreciate being pointed in the right direction.

Thanks,
Eric

02-09-2009, 10:24 PM	#1
elewton Member Posts: 19 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: Hanlin V3	80-column text reflow - Hanlin V3 Hey, guys. I'm a cheap ass and only buy a few eBooks. Thankfully, all the Linux man pages and Howtos, as well as many computer documents, are available free in ASCII. Unfortunately, they're all in 80-column text. Does anyone have a simple script for changing the wrapping? I was thinking maybe sed could replace double newlines with special character x, then remove single newlines and replace x with newlines. I figure smart people have solved similar problems with all the subsequent problems. If anyone knows something like that, I'd appreciate being pointed in the right direction. Thanks, Eric