Remove Blank records from file. 2

mwesticle · Nov 25, 2003

What's the easiest way to remove blank records from a file?
I've tried "awk 'NF > 0' <filename>", but is there any other way?? Please help...

PHV · Nov 25, 2003

Try this:

Code:

sed -e '/^[  ]*$/d'

Inside the brackets are a Space and a Tab char.

Hope This Help
PH.

CaKiwi · Nov 25, 2003

I would have used

awk '!/^[ ]*$/' filename

but your method (or PHV's) seem at least as good. (Space and tab in square brackets)

CaKiwi

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Remove Blank records from file. 2

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