set textmerge to file1.txt set textmerge on noshow text test line 1 test line 2 endtext set textmerge off set textmerge touse the \ and \\ commands
set textmerge to file1good.txt set textmerge on noshow \\test \endtext set textmerge off set textmerge toSee that the first like uses \\ instead of \. This will prevent the empty first line.