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Old 06-11-2008
Awk scrip to remove empty field
Hi

I have a file which looks like this

name: Sally group: Group4
name: Tim group: Group1
name: Dan group: Group2
name: Chris group: Group3
name: Peter group:
name: Fred group:
name: Mary group: Group2


Well I want to get rid of the ones that the group are empty looking like this

name: Sally group: Group4
name: Tim group: Group1
name: Dan group: Group2
name: Chris group: Group3
name: Mary group: Group2

Thanks
# 2  
Old 06-11-2008
If there are no blanks after the colon:

Code:
grep -v :\$ filename

Otherwise:

Code:
grep -v ': *$' file

# 3  
Old 06-11-2008
Another one:

Code:
awk '$4' file

# 4  
Old 06-11-2008
-1 Smilie

Code:
awk \$4 file

# 5  
Old 06-11-2008
Thanks guys ! Works

grep -v ': *$' file
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