Hi, Use this command :g/^ *$/d This shud delete all the lines having spaces. Best Regards Sriram Kumar -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of manoj.gurnani@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Mon 5/10/2004 12:42 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Subject: RE: Unix question - correction Hi, I found that the lines in my file were not blank. But there were leading spaces before the end of line causing the continuation to the next line. How can I remove leading spaces before the end of line in the file. Thanks Manoj -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Richard Ji Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 11:25 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Unix question - correction Oops, forgot the dollar sign :g/^[ \t]*$/d -----Original Message----- From: Richard Ji Sent: Fri 5/7/2004 1:48 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Subject: RE: Unix question in vi do: :g/^[ \t]*/d Note the space character -----Original Message----- From: srinivasan v [mailto:srini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Fri 5/7/2004 6:14 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Subject: RE: Unix question Manoj, sed would do it. Any reason why you want to do it in "vi" alone ? Try this sed '/^$/ d' file > file_without_blanks HTH srini -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of manoj.gurnani@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 5:56 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Unix question Importance: High Hi, I want to remove all blank lines in a file using vi editor. Which command can do the needful. Thanks Manoj -- Attached file included as plaintext by Ecartis -- -- File: InterScan_Disclaimer.txt This e-Mail may contain proprietary and confidential information and is sent for the intended recipient(s) only. If by an addressing or transmission error this mail has been misdirected to you, you are requested to delete this mail immediately. 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