[olug] Unix Tip: COUNTING BLANK LINES

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			Unix Tip 2040 - August  2, 2003

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COUNTING BLANK LINES

Counting blank lines in 
a file which may include 
spaces and tabs:

cat filename |awk ' /^['\ '|'\\t']*$/ { ++x } END { print "No. of Blank Lines = " x } '


This tip generously supported by: rajibroy at engineer.com



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