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I was having a similar problem and I was pulling my hair out. As it turns out all the files I was dealing with were of the Unknown . They were initially HTML files that someone had just done a Ren *.html *.txt on.

The command line you want is:

type Unknown.txt | FIND "" /V > PCFormat.txt

This ...

Thank you both very much - totally worked.

Ordered my copy of Mastering Regular Expressions by Friedl last night. Hopefully I'll be able to contribute in the future.

Made my morning coming in and seeing this solution.

~ Pierce

I have 12K .html files that have variants of this text in them:

named=acantha+leaf'>acantha leaf
named=ambrominas+leaf'>ambrominas leaf
named=angelica+root'>angelica root
named=barley+grass'>barley grass
named=blaestonberry+blossom'>blaestonberry blossom
named=blue+trafel+mushroom'>blue trafel ...