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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting How to remove blank lines Post 302524967 by mayursingru on Wednesday 25th of May 2011 08:16:46 AM
Old 05-25-2011
How to remove blank lines

Hi,
I am facing a problem related to removing blank lines from a text document.

Code:
 Input
Error    17-05-2011 11:01:15    VisualSVN Server 2.1   1001    
 
The following information was included with the event:  
 
line3

line4 
  
Error    17-05-2011 11:00:25    VisualSVN Server 2.1    1001    
 
The following information was included with the event:  
 
line3

line4

Expected Output
Code:
Error    17-05-2011 11:01:15    VisualSVN Server 2.1    1001     
The following information was included with the event:  
line3line4 
  
Error    17-05-2011 11:00:25    VisualSVN Server 2.1    1001     
The following information was included with the event:  
line3line4

I tried using
Code:
 sed '/^$/d' filename

but to no avail.

Regards,
Mayur
 

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vlvindex - Directory Server script for VLV indexing SYNOPSIS
vlvindex [-Z serverID] -n backendname | {-s includesuffix}* -T vlvTag [-d debuglevel] [-h] DESCRIPTION
Creates virtual list view (VLV) indexes, known in the Directory Server Console as browsing indexes. VLV indexes introduce flexibility in the way search results are viewed. VLV index configuration must already exist prior to running this script. The Directory Server must be stopped before running this script. OPTIONS
A summary of options is included below: -Z Server Identifier The server ID of the Directory Server instance. If there is only one instance on the system, this option can be skipped. -n Backend Name The name of the LDBM database to reindex. Example: userRoot -s includeSuffix Specifies suffixes to be included or the subtrees to be included -T vlvTag This is the name of the vlv index entry under cn=config. -d Debug Level Settings the debugging level. -h Display the usage. EXAMPLE
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