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+function skipline(n,fid)
+    
+% Copyright (C) 2013 Dynare Team
+%
+% This file is part of Dynare.
+%
+% Dynare is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+% it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+% the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+% (at your option) any later version.
+%
+% Dynare is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+% but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+% MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+% GNU General Public License for more details.
+%
+% You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+% along with Dynare.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.    
+
+if nargin<2
+    fid = 1;
+end
+
+if nargin<1
+    fid = 1;
+end
+    
+if ~nargin || isequal(n,1)
+    fprintf(fid,'\n');
+else
+    for i=1:n
+        fprintf(fid,'\n');
+    end
+end
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