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How do you remove blank lines in Linux?
Simple solution is by using grep (GNU or BSD) command as below.
- Remove blank lines (not including lines with spaces). grep . file.txt.
- Remove completely blank lines (including lines with spaces). grep “S” file.txt.
How do I remove blank lines in Unix?
The d command in sed can be used to delete the empty lines in a file. Here the ^ specifies the start of the line and $ specifies the end of the line. You can redirect the output of above command and write it into a new file.
