On Tue, 2004-07-20 at 21:39, Olga wrote: > No in vi and nano I do not see anything. But in gedit I see the following > (for example) > > 1 Mike > 2 John > 3 Adam > 4 > > The above is an example of what a file looks like with lines numbered. > (numbers are not actually part of the file). I want the file to be only 3 > lines long (as an example); however, what I get is 4 lines where line 4 is > an empty line. I can eliminate only using mc (F4). In nano, vim, vi it is > invisible, but in gedit (gui editor) it shows what I displayed above. I > can backspace after 4, it bring me to Adam, but when I save the file and > reopen it, the output is exactly the same as I am showing now (empty line > 4 stays). > Let's try a different approach.... After you save the file in whichever editor, can we confirm that it actually has the "four lines" or really just has "three lines"? How about running "wc -l filename" and see how many lines it reports... This will help to confirm for you whether the file truly has the blank line, or is just a visual construct of the editor. --Rob
