Post #3705872

@rl_dane When you view manual pages on a video terminal, the -s ('squeeze') option to the final $PAGER in the pipeline does this. You'll be surprised at how many blank lines there really are in manuals. less, (BSD) more, most, and (my) console-tty37-viewer all have this option. Given that, it's an of course moment, with a nod to the people who think that this should no more be a part of cat than vis(1) is, that cat has a squeeze option too. #Unix #TextProcessing #nosh