jquery - Remove first set of double br only, convert other double br to single br -

i have html being pulled in external source. problem want target double br jquery, can remove first double br entirely , convert of rest of double br single br.

the html looks following:

<div class="bottom-paragraph-drop">     <br>     <br>     dummy text of printing , typesetting industry. lorem ipsum has been industry's standard dummy text ever since 1500s, when unknown printer took galley of type , scrambled make type specimen book.is dummy text of printing , typesetting industry. lorem ipsum has been industry's standard dummy text ever since 1500s, when unknown printer took galley of type , scrambled make type specimen book.is dummy text of printing , typesetting industry. lorem ipsum has been industry's standard dummy text ever since 1500s, when unknown printer took galley of type , scrambled make type specimen book.     <br>     <br>     dummy text of printing , typesetting industry. lorem ipsum has been industry's standard dummy text ever since 1500s, when unknown printer took galley of type , scrambled make type specimen book. </div> 

jquery:

not sure do; along lines of

$('.bottom-paragraph-drop br').next('br').remove()

given following html:

<input type="button" id="mybtn" value="do it"> <div class="bottom-paragraph-drop">   <br />   <br /> dummy text of printing , typesetting industry. lorem ipsum has been industry's standard dummy text ever since 1500s, when unknown printer took galley of type , scrambled make type specimen book.is dummy   text of printing , typesetting industry. lorem ipsum has been industry's standard dummy text ever since 1500s, when unknown printer took galley of type , scrambled make type specimen book.is dummy text of printing   , typesetting industry. lorem ipsum has been industry's standard dummy text ever since 1500s, when unknown printer took galley of type , scrambled make type specimen book.   <br />   <br /> dummy text of printing , typesetting industry. lorem ipsum has been industry's standard dummy text ever since 1500s, when unknown printer took galley of type , scrambled make type specimen book. </div> 

you can eliminate second break tag iterating on break tags in div , testing if next element break (and remove element):

$('#mybtn').click(function() {   $('div br').each(function() {     if ($(this).next().is('br')) {       $(this).next().remove();     }   }); }); 

here fiddle demo.