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Old 02-14-2012
Delete entire line starting with space
Folks,

How do i delete an entire line that starts with blank space?

Ex: I have a file like below.

abc def (10/12) ghi
_________ jkl
_________ mno
pqr stu (11/12) vwx

I need the ouput like

abc def (10/12) ghi
pqr stu (11/12) vwx

Thanks for your elp in advance !!!!
Last edited by jayadanabalan; 02-14-2012 at 04:51 AM.. Reason: no space left before
# 2  
Old 02-14-2012
Code:
 
grep -v "^ " filename.txt > output.txt
 
awk '!/^ /' test.txt filename.txt > output.txt
 
sed '/^ /d' filename.txt > output.txt

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Old 02-14-2012
That Worked !!! Thanks much for the help !!!!
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