You can use cat -s or –squeeze-blank options to suppress repeated empty output lines.
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## Add data in your file echo -e "one\n\n\ntwo\n\n\nthree" > myfile ## Multiple empty lines are replaced by single empty line cat -s myfile ## Returns ## one ## ## two ## ## three ## Without any options cat myfile ## Returns ## one ## ## ## two ## ## ## three |