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  1. cat << EOF | perl -pe 's{^\s*\n$}{}; s/ +(?=(([^"]+"){2})*[^"]*$)//g'
  2. This is an example text with    some      spaces. 
  3.  
  4.  
  5.  
  6. This should be 2nd line.
  7.  
  8. However the spaces between "quotes    should not    change".
  9.  
  10. last line.
  11. EOF
Success #stdin #stdout 0.02s 5348KB
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stdin 
Standard input is empty
stdout 
Thisisanexampletextwithsomespaces.
Thisshouldbe2ndline.
Howeverthespacesbetween "quotes    should not    change".
lastline.
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