sqz 1 user commands nosh sqzsqueeze multiple blank lines into one sqz filename(s) sqz outputs either the contents of filename(s) or, if none are supplied, its standard input; to its standard output. The only processing that it does is to truncate sequences of more than 2 consecutive newlines down to 2 newlines. This effectively 'squeezes' multiple empty lines into a single empty line. Compare the -s option to cat1, less1, more1, and most1; and the --squeeze-empty-lines option to console-tty37-viewer1. Program design in the UNIX environment by Rob Pike and Brian W. Kernighan cat1 vis1 linenumber1 Jonathan de Boyne Pollard