Delete blank lines from a text file
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Name: MC
Date: July 11, 2006 at 11:40:09 Pacific
Subject: Delete blank lines from a text fileOS: XPCPU/Ram: ?Model/Manufacturer: IBM thinkpad T43 |
Comment: I am trying to delete blank lines from a text file when executing my batch file. I used the code found on this site
@Echo off
For /F "tokens=1 delims=" %%A in (c:\orig.txt) Do Echo %%A >> c:\new.txt But when I open the file it still contains blank lines (spaces) and has the text "Echo if off." Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
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Response Number 1
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Name: IVO
Date: July 11, 2006 at 12:29:03 Pacific
Subject: Delete blank lines from a text file |
Reply: (edit)@Echo Off
For /F "tokens=* delims=" %%A in (C:\orig.txt) Do Call :NOBLANK %%A
GoTo :EOF :NOBLANK
If "%*"=="" GoTo :EOF
Echo %* >> C:\new.txt
GoTo :EOF Note that the For /F statement fits just ONE line ending with :NOBLANK %%A
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Response Number 2
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Name: Mechanix2Go
Date: July 11, 2006 at 13:28:30 Pacific
Subject: Delete blank lines from a text file |
Reply: (edit)Hi IVO, This gets out the blank lines and preserves the indents: @Echo Off
For /F "tokens=* delims=" %%A in (e.bak) Do (
Echo %%A >> new.txt )
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If at first you don't succeed, you're about average.M2
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Response Number 3
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Name: Derek
Date: July 27, 2006 at 19:25:11 Pacific
Subject: Delete blank lines from a text file |
Reply: (edit)Re #1. The poster is trying to use a "batch file" to delete blank lines from text files. That's what all the code is about. DerekW
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