[PLUG] Sed problems

[Eli Stair]

That always works for me... off hand I'd guess that your file isn't in
UNIX format, though I believe /^$/ would match CRLF or NL.  'file
FILENAME' will tell you if it is in DOS format (output will be:  ASCII
text, with CRLF line terminators) Try running dos2unix on your source
file if that is the case.

/eli

On 9/11/05, Brian Derr <bderr at myrealbox.com> wrote:
> Hey folks, I ran across this on another mailing list and thought I'd
> give it a try here.  When trying to delete blank lines from an .html
> file the syntax would appear to be `sed '/^$/d' file.html > new.html`,
> no?  Why doesn't it work?  When run on a random HTML file it does not
> remove a single blank line.  Any ideas how to get sed to cooperate?
> --
> Brian
> 
> The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after
> him.  -- Proverbs 20:7
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