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  .El
  .Sh EXIT STATUS
  .Ex -std sed
+ .Sh EXAMPLES
+ The following simulates the
+ .Xr cat 1
+ .Fl s
+ command,
+ squeezing excess empty lines from standard input:
+ .Bd -literal -offset indent
+ $ sed -n '
+ # Write non-empty lines.
+ /./ {
+     p
+     d
+     }
+ # Write a single empty line, then look for more empty lines.
+ /^$/    p
+ # Get the next line, discard the held <newline> (empty line),
+ # and look for more empty lines.
+ :Empty
+ /^$/    {
+     N
+     s/.//
+     b Empty
+     }
+ # Write the non-empty line before going back to search
+ # for the first in a set of empty lines.
+     p
+ \&'
+ .Ed
  .Sh SEE ALSO
  .Xr awk 1 ,
  .Xr ed 1 ,