How to separate two adjacent code blocks

Question

How can I separate two following codeblocks.

I mean something like this:

First command + output

 sudo apt-cache policy 
[sudo] Passwort für alex: 
Paketdateien:
 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     release a=now
 300 http://ppa.launchpad.net/system76-dev/stable/ubuntu focal/main i386 Packages
     release v=20.04,o=LP-PPA-system76-dev-stable,a=focal,n=focal,l=System76 Stable PPA,c=main,b=i386
     origin ppa.launchpad.net
 300 http://ppa.launchpad.net/system76-dev/stable/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages
     release v=20.04,o=LP-PPA-system76-dev-stable,a=focal,n=focal,l=System76 Stable PPA,c=main,b=amd64
     origin ppa.launchpad.net
snip

sudo apt update 
OK:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal InRelease
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Answer 1

There are several options.

Perhaps the easiest is to use separate code fences like this:

```
code
```

```
separate code
```

Which produces this:

code

separate code

Another way is to insert a line rule by putting three (or more) hyphens/dashes (---) on an empty line, without indentation, between the blocks, which produces a sharper separation:

code

---

separate code

(this can be used with indented code blocks as I've done here, or in addition to separate code fences as shown in my first example)

With indentation you can also use an unindented <br> tag, or better, as noted by muru a html comment <!-- --> to force a break (this also works in list context), which does this:

code

separate code

or

code

separate code

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