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# 8  
Old 03-28-2014
Hi in2nix4life,

I have a file which is generated by a program. The file has blank lines at the beginning and end of it. I want that to be removed through program.
# 9  
Old 03-28-2014
That seems straightforward enough, however, you list three different files (see below). Please explain further.

Code:
Sfile=/u01/scripts/Sfile.log
Pfile=/u01/scripts/Pfile.log
Tfile=/u01/scripts/Tfile.log

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# 10  
Old 03-28-2014
Pfile is the one that has the data.
It has few lines with '-' and 'PRCSINSTANCE', which I'm deleting here with the grep commands.
The other files, I'm using it for temporary storage.
Here I'm trying to get the final result (without any blank space or lines with '-' or 'PRCSINSTANCE') into the $Sfile
# 11  
Old 03-28-2014
If you're using GNU Sed

Code:
sed --version | grep GNU

this should take care of all three in the file:

Code:
sed -r '/^$|-|PRCSINSTANCE/d' file

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# 12  
Old 03-28-2014
GNU sed version 4.1.2

I'm still getting the same error :
: bad interpreter: No such file or directory
# 13  
Old 03-28-2014
Show what you're running that produces that error.
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# 14  
Old 03-28-2014
Code:
[abc@DGDGDGDSH03 scripts]$ /u01/scripts/PITest.sh > /u01/scripts/PITest.log
: bad interpreter: No such file or directory

PITest.sh has the script that I've pasted earlier in the thread
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