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insert blank line on every 64 line

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dbase77

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Hi,

Is there any quick way to insert 2 blank lines on every 64 line in the file?

Thank you.

regards,
dbase77
 
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Hi

Needs GNU [tt]sed[/tt] :
Code: 
sed -i '64~64i
' /input/file
Or any [tt]awk[/tt] :
Code: 
awk '{print}NR%64==0{print ""}' /input/file > /output/file

Feherke.
 
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Thank you very much.
 
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