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                 |  | UGU: Unix Guru Universe - Unix Tip #4337- January 25, 2025
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 : Today's Tip Unix Tip #4337- January 25, 2025
 
 
DELETING BLANK LINES USING GREP 
For thos who are not familiar with
 awk, but still want a quick and easy
 way of removing blank lines from a
 flat ascii file, remember that the
 use of 'cat' in conjuction with
 'grep' is just as effective.
 
 cat file1 | grep -v '^$' >file2
 mv -f file2 file1
 
 This tip generously supported by: dave_tomkins@tands.co.uk
 
 
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