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Hi, I want to delete some blank lines. I used the following command: sed '/^$/d' file_name or sed '/^ *$/d' file_name But both failed to delete blank lines containing tabs. What can I do? Thanks!

Name: jimbo
Date: November 15, 2002 at 07:27:25 Pacific

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Here is an awk way that does do tabs: awk '$NF > 0' your_file -jim

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Name: jimbo
Date: November 15, 2002 at 07:36:11 Pacific

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Here is a sed way: sed '/^[ TAB]*$/d' your_file That's the actual SPACE & TAB key pressed there. -jim

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Both worked. Thanks!

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