--- /dev/null
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+
+/*
+ * Remove empty lines from the beginning and end.
+ *
+ * Turn multiple consecutive empty lines into just one
+ * empty line.
+ */
+static void cleanup(char *line)
+{
+ int len = strlen(line);
+
+ if (len > 1 && line[len-1] == '\n') {
+ do {
+ unsigned char c = line[len-2];
+ if (!isspace(c))
+ break;
+ line[len-2] = '\n';
+ len--;
+ line[len] = 0;
+ } while (len > 1);
+ }
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+ int empties = -1;
+ char line[1024];
+
+ while (fgets(line, sizeof(line), stdin)) {
+ cleanup(line);
+
+ /* Not just an empty line? */
+ if (line[0] != '\n') {
+ if (empties > 0)
+ putchar('\n');
+ empties = 0;
+ fputs(line, stdout);
+ continue;
+ }
+ if (empties < 0)
+ continue;
+ empties++;
+ }
+ return 0;
+}