Remove lines that are all spaces, tabs or empty

[adsorrell]

I have a file in which I need to remove all lines that are:
1) empty
2) contain nothing but tabs, spaces or combination thereof.

I've tried awk '/[:space:]/{print}'

which did remove lines with all tabs and spaces, but also removed a line with a data value embedded in tabs.

I'm open to any solution - awk / sed, you name it.

Thanks!

 

[PHV]

awk '!/^[:space:]*$/'

Hope This Helps, PH.
FAQ219-2884
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[adsorrell]

Yes - that worked! Thank you very much!