[lug] Those Pesky Newlines

[Joseph P. Crotty]

> Is there an obvious way to strip "line wrap" newlines while leaving
> "paragraph separating" newlines intact?

What defines start of "paragraph"?

> IOW, I need to strip all the
> newlines out of a file *except* ones on their own line and ones that are
> on a line with text that is followed by a line that consists only of a
> newline.

We talking unix or M$ files (i.e. define the newline character please?)
Better yet, how about a sample file we can tinker with?