From: William James <w_a_x_man@...>
Date: 2005-10-13T06:36:53+09:00
Subject: Re: Removing blank lines

William James wrote:
> basi wrote:
> > Hello,
> > How does one delete blank lines from a text file? (I did try a number
> > of things, but, I can't get any to work.)
> > Thanks,
> > basi
>
> awk 'NF' infile >outfile

Here's another.  Remove blank lines (lines that are empty or contain
only whitespace) from beginning of file.  After first non-blank line,
keep all remaining lines.

awk 'NF,0' infile >outfile