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* find/find.1:
* xargs/xargs.1: Replace blank lines with empty requests or paragraphing
macro calls as seems to be intended.
* find/find.1: Delete blank lines preceding paragraphing or sectioning
macros that serve only to put excess vertical space in the output.
* locate/locatedb.5: Replace blank lines with a dummy character
producing a blank output line as _might_ be intended.
groff_man_style(7):
? The empty request (.), which does nothing, vertically spaces the
input file for readability by the document maintainer. Do not
put blank (empty) lines in a man page source document. Some
man(1) programs ?squeeze? multiple blank output lines into one.
Fixes style warnings from `groff -rCHECKSTYLE=3 -man`:
an.tmac:/.../share/man/man1/find.1:87: style: blank line in input
...
an.tmac:/.../share/man/man1/xargs.1:231: style: blank line in input
...
an.tmac:/.../share/man/man5/locatedb.5:118: style: blank line in input
...
Discussed at:
https://lists.gnu.org/r/bug-findutils/2025-11/msg00094.html
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