New Line combination in Windows is CR + LF, CHR(13)+CHR(10). If there're no addtional spaces

STRTRAN(whatever,  CHR(13)+CHR(10), "")

>Does anyone know how i can get rid of emtpy lines in a text file:
>I thought this might work - it doesn't :(
>welcome any suggestions
>k
>

>=STRTOFILE(CHRTRAN(FILETOSTR("c:\mydir\m.txt"),CHR(13)+"  ",' '),"c:\mydir\m.txt")
>

>original text:
>line 1 of text
>line 2 of text
>
>
>line 3 of text
>
>line 5 of text
>
>i would like converted to
>line 1 of text
>line 2 of text
>line 3 of text
>line 5 of text