On Wed, 2005-11-30 at 12:42 +0000, Paul Smith wrote: > On 11/30/05, Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > $ more file1.txt > word1 > > > > word2 > > word3 > $ more -s file1.txt > file2.txt > $ more file2.txt > word1 > > > > word2 > > word3 > $ > > Tim's way works partially, i.e., many blank lines are in effect > erased, but some remain. I suspect that the left blank lines are not > blank lines although they look like blank lines. Can one go further > with deleting the left "false" blank lines? I did it this way: cat file1 | grep -v "^[ ]*$" supposing some lines could have no blanks (regex=/^$/) or some spaces (regex for any number of spaces=/[ ]*/) -- Rodolfo Alcazar - rodolfo.alcazar@xxxxxxxxxxxx Netzmanager Padep, GTZ 591-70656800, -22417628, LA PAZ, BOLIVIA http://otbits.blogspot.com -- Murphy's Law of Thermodynamics: Things get worse under pressure.
