How Do You Remove Blank Rows in Unix?
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How do I delete blank lines in vi?

Deleting a Line

  1. Press the Esc key to go to normal mode.
  2. Place the cursor on the line you want to delete.
  3. Type dd and hit Enter to remove the line.

How do I remove blank lines in grep?

‘^’ and ‘$’ are regex characters. So the command grep -v will print all the lines that do not match this pattern (No characters between ^ and $). This way, empty blank lines are eliminated. egrep already do regex, and the s is white space.

Marcus Vance

Marcus Vance

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Marcus Vance is a cybersecurity auditor and technology writer dedicated to educating the public about online safety, data privacy regulations, enterprise security, and emerging cyber threats.

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