Deleting (Only) First Blank Line in File

[Leo de Wit]

In article <1607 at quando.quantum.de> omerzu at quando.quantum.de (Thomas Omerzu) writes:
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|In article <819 at ehviea.ine.philips.nl> leo at ehviea.UUCP (Leo de Wit) writes:
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|>In article <1651 at fallst.UUCP> tkevans at fallst.UUCP (Tim Evans) writes:
|>|Can someone help me to delete the _first_ occurring blank line of a file
|>|(whereever it occurs) without deleting subsequent ones?
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|>|You'd think the following would work, but it doesn't:
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|>|	sed 's/^$//1' foo > newfoo
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|>Sure. It isn't valid sed syntax.
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|NO! It is valid sed syntax.
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(this is on Pyramid OSx):

Script started on Mon Jul  2 07:22:27 1990
ehviea_leo> sed 's/^$//1' foo > newfoo
command garbled: s/^$//1
ehviea_leo> exit
ehviea_leo> 
script done on Mon Jul  2 07:22:48 1990

So it is at least non-portable.

    Leo.