02-26-2009
yep i am using tcsh. sorry i didn't mention that before.
But the code does not work!!!
it deletes all the content..
i want to delete only the blank lines
file1.lst
abcd
abcdef
abgfhy
<end of file>
Code:
grep -v '^$' file1.lst >! file1.lst
cat file1.lst
nothing is present.
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SYNOPSIS
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-b Ignore white space when comparing
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the same name, when file1 and file2 are both directories" difference encountered"
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SEE ALSO
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