> 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 > wc -l returns 3 lines. But when I process the file in php (save each line in to an array and then produce a count), it reports 4 lines as does gedit.
