Replacing multiple new lines in a file with just one

Question

This function is supposed to search through a text file for the new line character. When it finds the newline character, it increments the newLine counter, and when

Answer 1

[EDITED] The minimal change is:

if ( newLine <= 2)

forgive me and forget the previous code.

a slightly simpler alternative:

int c;
int duplicates=0;
while ((c = fgetc(fileContents)) != EOF)
{
    if (c == '\n') {
        if (duplicates > 1) continue;
        duplicates++;
    }
    else {
        duplicates=0;
    }
    putchar(c);
}