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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
Which option is used to remove blank lines in VI (AIX). ?
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Siva (6 Replies)
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2. UNIX and Linux Applications
When I 'vi' my test file I see some blank lines. However once I do :set list to display hidden characters, I see the empty lines literally like this:
^I$
How do I remove them? I cannot find a regex to match them. (3 Replies)
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I am facing a problem related to removing blank lines from a text document.
Input
Error 17-05-2011 11:01:15 VisualSVN Server 2.1 1001
The following information was included with the event:
line3
line4
Error 17-05-2011 11:00:25 VisualSVN Server 2.1 ... (13 Replies)
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
Consider a file named "testfile"
The contents of file are as below
first line added for test
second line added for test
third line added for test
fourth line added for test
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I'm not a expert in shell programming, so i've come here to take help from u gurus.
I'm trying to tailor a csv file that i got to make it work for the LOAD FROM command.
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
I really hope someone can help me with this. I have several php files from a forum that I run, that now for some reason have blank lines after every line. Is there an easy way to make a script that does the following:
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I have joined 2 files. Join command worked fine.
but the result showing extra blank lines. I tried to remove blank spaces by using awk (-- -42 RS= ORS="\n\n" file.txt) and sed (sed '/^ *$/d' file.txt)commands but didn't remove any
Any suggestions plz:D
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Awk to remove Blank lines in pipedelimited
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi gurus,
I have this file with blank lines in it.
How do i remove them in shell?
I tried these commands but not working:
sed '/^ *$/d'
or
sed '/^$/d'
Anybody has a better idea pls?
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
¿How can i remove blank lines between all lines in a long text file?
Example
WrongFile.txt :
Line 1
Line 2
Line 3
CorrectFile.txt :
Line 1
Line 2
Line 3
Thanks in advance
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