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# 1  
Old 06-22-2019
Delete everything after empty line in file
Hello,
I am trying to remove everything coming after empty line under ubuntu14.04.
How may I do it?

file:
Code:
aaa
020390
bb00id3
c03wisi

209dl
x092sia
0290s

I expect:
Code:
aaa
020390
bb00id3
c03wisi

Thank you
Boris
# 2  
Old 06-22-2019
Code:
sed '/^$/q'   filename

Meaning: search for a line containing only begin (^) and end of line ($). Then quit (q).
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# 3  
Old 06-22-2019
To not print the empty line:
Code:
sed -n '/^$/q;p' file

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

Code:
awk NR==1 RS= file

Code:
awk '!NF{exit}1'

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# 4  
Old 06-23-2019
GNU extension
Code:
sed '/^$/Q' file

Last edited by nezabudka; 06-23-2019 at 03:18 AM..
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