file="$1"
- if [ -z "$file" ] ; then
+ # return error if file does not exist
+ if [ ! -e "$file" ] ; then
return 1
fi
- if [ ! -e "$file" ] ; then
- return 1
+ # just return ok if the file is empty, since there aren't any
+ # lines to remove
+ if [ ! -s "$file" ] ; then
+ return 0
fi
tempfile=$(mktemp "${file}.XXXXXXX") || \