#!/usr/bin/perl print "What file do you want to run this program on?\n"; $TheFile=; chomp ($TheFile); open(FILE, $TheFile) or die "Can't open $TheFile.\n"; local $/ = undef; $lines = ; close(FILE); while ($lines =~ /\n\n/) { $lines =~ s/\n\n/\n/gms; } open(FILE, ">output.txt") or die "Can't open output.txt.\n"; print FILE $lines; close FILE;