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Old 01-12-2011
Question How to remove Blank rows in a csv file
Hi,
I need help to remove blank rows at the end of file.

Sample data:
Code:
"Oslo, Symra kino",Oslo,130-7,Symra 1,130-7-91
"Tønsberg, Brygga Kino SF",Tønsberg,202-1,Tønsberg SF 4,202-1-4
,,,,
,,,,
,,,,
,,,,

Expected data:
Code:
"Oslo, Symra kino",Oslo,130-7,Symra 1,130-7-91
"Tønsberg, Brygga Kino SF",Tønsberg,202-1,Tønsberg SF 4,202-1-4

Last edited by Franklin52; 01-12-2011 at 02:05 PM.. Reason: Please use code tags
# 2  
Old 01-12-2011
Code:
awk -F, 'length>NF+1' file

# 3  
Old 01-12-2011
Code:
grep -vx ,,,, file

# 4  
Old 01-12-2011
Code:
 awk '!/^,,,,/' file

# 5  
Old 01-12-2011
That needs a $ sign too, no?
Code:
awk '!/^,,,,$/' file

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One more:
Code:
awk -F[^,] NF-1 file

Code:
awk NF-4 FS= file

Code:
grep '[^,]' file

Code:
grep ..... file

Code:
awk /[^,]/ file

Last edited by Scrutinizer; 01-12-2011 at 09:25 PM..
# 6  
Old 01-12-2011
you forgot to add sed :)
Code:
sed -n '/[^,]/p' file

# 7  
Old 01-13-2011
MySQL
Hi Experts,
solution from Franklin works for me
awk -F, 'length>NF+1' file


Thanks to everyone
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