What is the command to count lines in a files, but ignore blank lines and commented lines?
I have a file with 4 sections in it, and I want each section to be counted, not including the blank lines and comments... and then totalled at the end.
Here is an example of what I would like my... (6 Replies)
I have a text file with blank lines fullfilled with spaces and others only containing the "Enter" caracter, the \012.
I would like to eliminate all them with the sed command.
Is it possible?
making: sed '/^$/d' <file should delete the blank lines but doesn't work for the lines that only... (2 Replies)
hello,
i have tried to remove blank lines from a file using korn shell script file.. it doesn't seem to work!
i tried sed '/^\s*$/d' infile > outfile but that didn't work
i tried sed 's/ *$//;/^$/d' infile > outfile and that didn't work
i tried sed '/^s./d' infile > outfile and that... (6 Replies)
Sample input (line feed indicated by )
---------------
The red fox jumped
over the brown fence of the
red hous
He then went into the
orchard
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Desired Output
---------------
The red fox jumped over the brown fence of the red house
He then went into the orchard (11 Replies)
Hi,
I am using BASH. How can I remove any lines in a text file that are either blank or begin with a # (ie. comments)? Thanks in advance.
Mike (3 Replies)
Hi,
Consider a file named "testfile"
The contents of file are as below
first line added for test
second line added for test
third line added for test
fourth line added for test
fifth line added for test (5 Replies)
Hi
Im trying to do the following in sed. I want to delete any blank line at the start of a file until it matches a pattern and then stops. for example:
Input
output:
I have got it to work within a range of two patterns with the following:
sed '/1/,/pattern/{/^]*$/d}'
The... (2 Replies)
Hi,
I tried the following options but was unable to delete blank lines from file
Input file = temp.hash.txt
temp.hash.txt content
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0
89.56
0
0
57575.4544
56.89 (9 Replies)
I've spent the past hour trying different things and googling for this solution and cannot find the answer. Found variations of this, but not this exact thing.
I have the following text, which is the output from our mainframe. Each field is on a separate line, with a blank line between each... (7 Replies)
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LEARN ABOUT MINIX
roff
is a text formatter. Its input consists of the text to be out-
put, intermixed with formatting commands. A formatting commandis a line containing the control character followed by a twocharacter command name, and possibly one or more arguments. Thecontrol character is initially . (dot). The formatted output isproduced on standard output. The formatting commands are listedbelow, with being a number, being a character, and being a title.A + before n means it may be signed, indicating a positive ornegative change from the current value. Initial values for whererelevant, are given in parentheses.
.ad Adjust right margin.
.ar Arabic page numbers.
.br Line break. Subsequent text will begin on a new line.
.bl n Insert n blank lines.
.bp +n Begin new page and number it n. No n means +1.
.cc c Control character is set to c.
.ce n Center the next n input lines.
.de zz Define a macro called zz. A line with .. ends definition.
.ds Double space the output. Same as .ls 2.
.ef t Even page footer title is set to t.
.eh t Even page header title is set to t.
.fi Begin filling output lines as full as possible.
.fo t Footer titles (even and odd) are set to t.
.hc c The character c (e.g., %) tells roff where hyphens are permitted.
.he t Header titles (even and odd) are set to t.
.hx Header titles are suppressed.
.hy n Hyphenation is done if n is 1, suppressed if it is 0. Default is 1.
.ig Ignore input lines until a line beginning with .. is found.
.in n Indent n spaces from the left margin; force line break.
.ix n Same as .in but continue filling output on current line.
.li n Literal text on next n lines. Copy to output unmodified.
.ll +n Line length (including indent) is set to n (65).
.ls +n Line spacing: n (1) is 1 for single spacing, 2 for double, etc.
.m1 n Insert n (2) blank lines between top of page and header.
.m2 n Insert n (2) blank lines between header and start of text.
.m3 n Insert n (1) blank lines between end of text and footer.
.m4 n Insert n (3) blank lines between footer and end of page.
.na No adjustment of the right margin.
.ne n Need n lines. If fewer are left, go to next page.
.nn +n The next n output lines are not numbered.
.n1 Number output lines in left margin starting at 1.
.n2 n Number output lines starting at n. If 0, stop numbering.
.ni +n Indent line numbers by n (0) spaces.
.nf No more filling of lines.
.nx f Switch input to file f.
.of t Odd page footer title is set to t.
.oh t Odd page header title is set to t.
.pa +n Page adjust by n (1). Same as .bp
.pl +n Paper length is n (66) lines.
.po +n Page offset. Each line is started with n (0) spaces.
.ro Page numbers are printed in Roman numerals.
.sk n Skip n pages (i.e., make them blank), starting with next one.
.sp n Insert n blank lines, except at top of page.
.ss Single spacing. Equivalent to .ls 1.
.ta Set tab stops, e.g., .ta 9 17 25 33 41 49 57 65 73 (default).
.tc c Tabs are expanded into c. Default is space.
.ti n Indent next line n spaces; then go back to previous indent.
.tr ab Translate a into b on output.
.ul n Underline the letters and numbers in the next n lines.