title: removing extra pipes (using sed or tr)
body: <p>I have a file that has too many pipes in it, and I want to replace the \n and | sign with <em>just</em> a \n.</p>
  
  <p>e.g.</p>
  
  <pre><code>first name|last name|blahblah
  |
  first name|last name|blahblah
  |
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I want it to just be the following (without the extra |)</p>
  
  <pre><code>first name|last name|blahblah
  first name|last name|blahblah
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Ideally, I could do this easily with sed or tr (translate). Problem is that when I do it (and think I escape the pipe), it seems to not work.</p>
  
  <p>Any suggestions?</p>