[Info-vax] Removing blank lines from text files

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <qejrdi$1tp4$2 at gioia.aioe.org>, Arne Vajhøj
<arne at vajhoej.dk> writes: 

> On 6/21/2019 5:10 PM, Jim wrote:
> > $ search/out=t.t t.dat ""
> 
> That finds *all* lines.

Did you try it?

Not here:

$ creat x.x
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7
 Exit
$ sea x.x ""
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$ sea x.x ""/out=y.y
$ typ y.y
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$ sh sys/noproc
OpenVMS V7.3-2  on node LEEBIG  22-JUN-2019 08:36:31.22  Uptime  590 13:56:12

$ creat x.x
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3
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7
 Exit
$ sea x.x ""
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3
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$ sea x.x ""/out=y.y
$ typ y.y
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$ sh sys/noproc
OpenVMS V8.4  on node JANDER   22-JUN-2019 08:37:11.61   Uptime  296 10:09:10