From kgel@ppoone.com Wed, 06 Jun 2001 09:38:05 -0700 From: Kevin Lange Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 09:38:05 -0700 Subject: RE: Help for Unix text file processing Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Look into using sed. It was made for that kind of thing. -----Original Message----- Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 9:56 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Hey all, > > I am looking for some commands like ( grep, egrep, sed etc) to do the > following on a Unix box. > > 1. Command to take out all the blank line from a text file. The blank line > may include tabs and whitespaces. > 2. Command to take out the trailing and starting blanks and tabs from the > each line of the text file. > 3. Command for the above two tasks combined. > > Thanks in advance. > > Dharminder Kumar > > > > This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, delete this e-mail and destroy any copies. Any dissemination or use of this information by a person other than the intended recipient is unauthorized and may be illegal. Unless otherwise stated, opinions expressed in this e-mail are those of the author and are not endorsed by the author's employer. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Kumar, Dharminder INET: Dharminder.Kumar@bmonb.com Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru@fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Kevin Lange INET: kgel@ppoone.com Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru@fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).