Skip to content

Remove empty lines in a file

Remove empty lines in a file

Answer

Pick any one of the following methods.

1. grep

grep . test.txt

2. sed

sed '/^$/d' test.txt

3. awk

awk NF test.txt

4. tr

cat test.txt | tr -s "\n"

5. perl

perl -n -e 'print unless /^$/' test.txt

Share and Enjoy:

Categories: Commands | Tags: awk, cat, grep, Perl, sed | Comments (0)

Post a Comment