On Sat, 2005-12-03 at 17:54 +0000, Paul Smith wrote: > On 12/2/05, Mike McCarty <mike.mccarty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I sent you the source. Extract it to a file named noblank.c > > I suspect you have already done that. > > Ok, now build the program... > > > > $ gcc -o noblank noblank.c > > > > After this runs (takes no more than 10 seconds), you will > > have a program named "noblank" in the current directory. > > Either move it to a place in your path, or use ./noblank > > to run it. The usage is: > > > > $ noblank < input_file > output_file > > I kindly thank you, Mike, for your program. I have tried that, but when I run > > $./noblank file1.txt file2.txt > > the program does not terminate, as if waiting for something. You have to redirect input and output with < and > as stated above. > > Paul >
