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. Paul