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I'm able to find empty lines with /^$, but when I go to remove them using :%s/^$//, nothing seems to happen. Yet, some form of substitution is being made, because the status line reads XX substitutions on XX lines where XX is the number of empty lines in the file.

Questions:

1. What substitutions are being made, as indicated by the status line?


2. How do I accomplish what I want to do (eliminate empty lines from a file)?

substitute

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  One answer to #2 is :g/^$/d
  
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  A solution would be to replace an actual character: :%s/^n// but that depends on file format.
  
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I'm able to find empty lines with /^$, but when I go to remove them using :%s/^$//, nothing seems to happen. Yet, some form of substitution is being made, because the status line reads XX substitutions on XX lines where XX is the number of empty lines in the file.

Questions:

1. What substitutions are being made, as indicated by the status line?


2. How do I accomplish what I want to do (eliminate empty lines from a file)?

substitute

share|improve this question

asked Jun 1 at 1:24

chbchb

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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  One answer to #2 is :g/^$/d
  
  – chb
  Jun 1 at 1:46
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  A solution would be to replace an actual character: :%s/^n// but that depends on file format.
  
  – aragaer
  Jun 1 at 10:26
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment
 | 

I'm able to find empty lines with /^$, but when I go to remove them using :%s/^$//, nothing seems to happen. Yet, some form of substitution is being made, because the status line reads XX substitutions on XX lines where XX is the number of empty lines in the file.

Questions:

1. What substitutions are being made, as indicated by the status line?


2. How do I accomplish what I want to do (eliminate empty lines from a file)?

substitute

share|improve this question

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1. 
   ^ and $ are zero-width items, so when you do :%s/^$// you’re substituting zero characters for zero characters


2. To actually perform the substitution, the idioms are

:g/^$/d

and

:g/^$/j

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1. 
   ^ and $ are zero-width items, so when you do :%s/^$// you’re substituting zero characters for zero characters


2. To actually perform the substitution, the idioms are

:g/^$/d

and

:g/^$/j

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1. 
   ^ and $ are zero-width items, so when you do :%s/^$// you’re substituting zero characters for zero characters


2. To actually perform the substitution, the idioms are

:g/^$/d

and

:g/^$/j

share|improve this answer

edited Jun 2 at 12:46

answered Jun 1 at 3:23

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1. 
   ^ and $ are zero-width items, so when you do :%s/^$// you’re substituting zero characters for zero characters


2. To actually perform the substitution, the idioms are

:g/^$/d

and

:g/^$/j

share|improve this answer

edited Jun 2 at 12:46

answered Jun 1 at 3:23

D. Ben KnobleD. Ben Knoble

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:g/^$/d

:g/^$/j

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edited Jun 2 at 12:46

answered Jun 1 at 3:23

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answered Jun 1 at 3:23

D. Ben KnobleD. Ben Knoble

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