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UGU: Unix Guru Universe - Unix Tip #4351- February  8, 2025
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 Unix Tip #4351- February  8, 2025
 
DELETING BLANK LINES USING GREP  
  
To delete a blank line using a grep command you can use the next  
command :-  
  
grep -v "^ *$" file-y > file-x  
  
where file-y is the input files has blank lines and file-x will  
be the output file ( excluding the blank lines ).  
  
if we use (  grep -v "^$" ) only , the blanck line which include  
spaces will not be removed.  
  
  
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