Awk scrip to remove empty field - Shell Programming and Scripting

bombcan · #1 (**permalink**) 06-11-2008

Hi

I have a file which looks like this

name: Sally group: Group4
name: Tim group: Group1
name: Dan group: Group2
name: Chris group: Group3
name: Peter group:
name: Fred group:
name: Mary group: Group2

Well I want to get rid of the ones that the group are empty looking like this

name: Sally group: Group4
name: Tim group: Group1
name: Dan group: Group2
name: Chris group: Group3
name: Mary group: Group2

Thanks

radoulov · #2 (**permalink**) 06-11-2008

If there are no blanks after the colon:

Code:

grep -v :\$ filename

Otherwise:

Code:

grep -v ': *$' file

Franklin52 · #3 (**permalink**) 06-11-2008

Another one:

Code:

awk '$4' file

radoulov · #4 (**permalink**) 06-11-2008

-1

Code:

awk \$4 file

bombcan · #5 (**permalink**) 06-11-2008

Thanks guys ! Works

grep -v ': *$' file

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