delete multiple empty lines

whatisthis · November 9, 2005, 3:34pm

Hi,
I need to delete the lines with empty name.

What is the best way to do it?

Thanks a lot for your help!

EMID MMDDYY HOURS JOB EMNAME
0241 051605 11.40 52062 someone
0520 051605 10.63 52062
0520 051605 10.66 52062
0520 051605 10.65 52062

jim_mcnamara · November 9, 2005, 4:01pm

awk '{ if(NF==5) {print $0 } }' filename > newfilename

futurelet · November 9, 2005, 4:06pm

awk 'NF==5' filename > newfilename

whatisthis · November 9, 2005, 4:42pm

Hi,
Thanks for the help.
I used it and also got an extra line at the end of the file:

[+pos1 [-pos2]] [-k field_start[type][,field_end[type]] [file...]

????