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From: funk@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: sed ? question
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Date: 26 May 89 19:26:00 GMT
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Nf-From: osiris.cso.uiuc.edu!funk    May 26 14:26:00 1989


> I have an application where I want to run a file through cpp and then 
> strip that file of all the nasties that cpp generates, namely:
> 	1. Lines beginning "# line number info "
> and 	2. The many blank lines.
> It seems to me that sed should be able to do this for me--
> but I can't figure out how to do #2.  Surely there is a sed guru out there who
> can help me...(Add other pitiful cries for help.)

Try  sed "/^ *$/d"
That will delete all lines consisting of  (only) any number of blnks

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