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Post subject: Remove empty lines in vi/vim | Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 6:06 pm

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Remove empty lines in files while editing them with vi or vim.

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:%s/^[\ \t]*\n//g

Code:

:%s/^\n//g

Both worked for me. Make sure to test it for your environment.

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