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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Delete everything after empty line in file Post 303036315 by Scrutinizer on Saturday 22nd of June 2019 05:14:01 PM
Old 06-22-2019
To not print the empty line:
Code:
sed -n '/^$/q;p' file

Code:
sed '/^$/,$d' file

Code:
awk NR==1 RS= file

Code:
awk '!NF{exit}1'

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RMDIR(1)								FSF								  RMDIR(1)

NAME
rmdir - remove empty directories SYNOPSIS
rmdir [OPTION]... DIRECTORY... DESCRIPTION
Remove the DIRECTORY(ies), if they are empty. --ignore-fail-on-non-empty ignore each failure that is solely because a directory is non-empty -p, --parents remove DIRECTORY, then try to remove each directory component of that path name. E.g., `rmdir -p a/b/c' is similar to `rmdir a/b/c a/b a'. -v, --verbose output a diagnostic for every directory processed --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie. REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>. COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU- LAR PURPOSE. SEE ALSO
The full documentation for rmdir is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and rmdir programs are properly installed at your site, the command info rmdir should give you access to the complete manual. rmdir (coreutils) 4.5.3 February 2003 RMDIR(1)
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