remove space line from a text file

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sara
sara on 26 Feb 2012
Commented: Jan on 30 Oct 2015
I need to remove a space line from a text file. Any help is appreciated. Sara

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Jan
Jan on 26 Feb 2012
% Read the file as cell string line by line:
fid = fopen(FileName, 'r');
if fid < 0, error('Cannot open file: %s', FileName); end
Data = textscan(fid, '%s', 'delimiter', '\n', 'whitespace', '');
fclose(fid);
% Remove empty lines:
C = deblank(Data{1}); % [EDITED]: deblank added
C(cellfun('isempty', C)) = [];
% Write the cell string:
fid = fopen(FileName, 'w');
if fid < 0, error('Cannot open file: %s', FileName); end
fprintf(fid, '%s\n', C{:});
fclose(fid);
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Jan
Jan on 26 Feb 2012
Please explain exactly, what "blanks" mean. I've added a DEBLANK in the code. Does it now do what you need?

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ALPER AHMED
ALPER AHMED on 28 Oct 2015
Edited: ALPER AHMED on 28 Oct 2015
hi Jan Simon,
how can i delete the second empty line in my text file. (there have 360 text files (angle1,angle2....angle360) and all have the same problem) any help is appreciated.
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Jan
Jan on 30 Oct 2015
Please open a new thread for a new question. Posting a question in the section for answers of another question is confusing.

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