[olug] Unix Tip: FINDING BLANK LINES

Sat May 17 00:19:53 UTC 2003

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FINDING BLANK LINES

How to find number of blank 
lines in a file use the 
following command:

cat filename |awk ' /^$/ { ++x } END ( print "No. of Blank Lines = " x } '

This tip generously supported by: deepak.singla at ehpt.com

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