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Old 08-08-2011
Silly problem with sed and grep
I am trying to delete all empty lines from a file using either
Code:
grep -v ^$ file

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

But neither one is working.
I have uploaded the file I am trying to modify. Any help will be greatly apreciated.
Temp.txt (2.0 KB) 
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Old 08-08-2011
dos2unix urfile, then try your code
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Old 08-08-2011
yinyuemi
Of course!
Thanks!
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Old 08-08-2011
Converting a DOS text file (\r\n line endings) that may contain empty lines into a UNIX text file (\n line endings) without empty lines is equivalent to deleting the carriage returns and squeezing the newlines:
Code:
tr -ds \\r \\n

Emphasis on "text file".

Regards,
Alister
 
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